NURS 351 Study Guide - Warfarin, Digoxin, Drug Metabolism
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2: 10. 9, 16. 3, west virginia, tn, west virginia, pharmacokinetics. I think it is a waste of money for the drug companies, because it has not been proven to work. It decreased from 4. 5 billion to 2. 5 billion. The study of drug interactions with in body tissue and how these effects are produced. Pharmacodynamics- the study of drug absorption, distribution, special tissue binding or affinity, metabolism and excretion (adme) It is the ld50/ed50 measuring the margin of safety of a drug. 4: potency is the strength per mg of a drug. Efficacy is the maximum: black box is when an adverse effect has enough frequency and significance that it must be put on the drug. Digoxin, lithium, and warfarin are examples: chronotherapeutics is the delivery of medications in varying amounts throughout the circadian rhythm and the effect that the time the medicine is given has on the efficacy of the drug.
