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Chemical name - ANSWER ✔✔Describes the drug's chemical
composition and molecular structure
Ex: (+/-)-2-(p-isobutylephenyl) propionic acid
Generic name - ANSWER ✔✔Nonproprietary name
-Given by the United States Adopted Names Council
-Used in most official drug compendiums to list drugs
Ex: Ibuprofen
,Trade name - ANSWER ✔✔Proprietary name
-The drug has a registered trademark; use of the name is restricted by
the drug's patent owner (usually the manufacturer)
Ex: Motrin, others
____________ determines the rate of drug dissolution - ANSWER
✔✔Dosage form
Drug dissolution - ANSWER ✔✔dissolving of solid dosage forms and
their absorption from the GI tract
Fastest drug absorption - ANSWER ✔✔Oral disintegration, buccal
tablets, oral soluable wafers
Slowest drug absorption - ANSWER ✔✔Enteric-coated tablets
Drug absorption from fastest to slowest - ANSWER ✔✔-Oral
disintegration, buccal tablets, oral soluable wafers
-Liquids, elixirs, and syrups
-Suspension solutions
-Powders
-Capsules
-Tablets
,-Coated tablets
-Enteric-coated tablets
Absorption - ANSWER ✔✔Movement of a drug from its site of
administration into the blood stream for distribution to the tissues
Bioavailablitiy - ANSWER ✔✔Extent of drug absorption
Medication routes - ANSWER ✔✔-Enteral
-Parenteral
-Topical
Enteral - ANSWER ✔✔(GI tract)
-orally vs sublingual and buccal routes, G tube
-First pass effect, variable absorption
Patenteral - ANSWER ✔✔-Intravenous (IV)
-Intramuscular (IM)
Intravenous (IV) - ANSWER ✔✔Rapid onset
Avoid first pass effect
IV: Nursing considerations - ANSWER ✔✔Monitor drug
Check for compatibilities
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, Monitor IV site
Intramuscular (IM) - ANSWER ✔✔Subcutaneously
Topical - ANSWER ✔✔Avoid first-pass effect, except rectal
administration
-Transdermal
-Topical
Transdermal - ANSWER ✔✔Deliver constant amount
Slower onset, prolong duration
Patent life - ANSWER ✔✔Length of time from patent approval until
patent expiration
-Normally 17 years in newly discovered drug molecule
Biosimilar - ANSWER ✔✔Copy version of an already authorized
biological product
-New category of the generic drug market
Therapeutic equivalence - ANSWER ✔✔One drug in a class of
several drugs is chosen as the preferred agent, even though the drugs
do not have the same active ingredients
-In place due to high cost of drugs