NUR 21901 Quiz: Patho – 219 – 8
11 Nov 2017
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Objective: provide max benefit with minimum harm. Drugs: chemical that can affect living processes, all chemicals, therapeutic application. Pharmacology: study of drugs and interactions with living systems. Clinical pharmacology: study of drugs in humans. Pharmaco therapeutics: the use of drugs to diagnose, prevent, treat disease or to prevent pregnancy; or the medical use of drugs. Qualities of an ideal drug: cheap, minimal effects, broad spectrum of treatments, long lasting, stability. An ideal drug: effective most importantly quality, safety lack harmful effects, selectivity only response for which it is given, predictability, ease of administration, freedom from drug interactions, low cost, chemical stability, simple generic name. No possibility of intoxication and overdosing due to chemical components, prior conditions, etc. Drug names: chemical: chemical description, complex, generic: less complex than chemical names; each drug has only one generic name, trade: name drug is market under, flowmax (tamsulosin, bayer (aspirin) Prescribed dose administered dose concentration at sites of action intensity of responses.
