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Exam 1: L1
chemical agent capable of producing biologic responses within the body - ✔What is a
drug?

a drug following administration - ✔What is a medication?

a written order for a drug from one who is legally authorized by license - ✔What is a
prescription?

drugs that do not require an order from an authorized prescriber - ✔What is
over-the-counter (OTC)?

the study of medicines - ✔What is pharmacology?

application of drugs to prevent or treat disease - ✔What is pharmacotherapy?

taking medication as prescribed or indicated - ✔What is compliance/adherence?

agents naturally produced in animals, by microorganisms, or by the body itself (ex.
hormones, blood products, vaccines) - ✔What is biologic?

natural plant extracts, herbs, vitamins, minerals, and dietary supplements - ✔What is
complementary/alternative therapies?

list of drugs and drug recipes - ✔What is formulary?

reference that indicates standards for drug purity, strength, and synthesis directions -
✔What is Pharmacopoeia?

drug use to treat disease; indication (ex. antihypertensive: lowers BP) WHAT IT DOES
- ✔Drug Classes: Therapeutic

how a drug works at the molecular/cellular/systemic level SPECIFIC




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(ex. adrenergic antagonist: blocks physiologic stress reactions) - ✔Drug Classes:
Pharmacologic

model that other drugs in the same class are compared against (ex. to predict actions
and SE) share similar reactions - ✔Drug Classes: Prototype

HOW a drug produces its effect in the body (described by pharmacologic class) -
✔Drug Classes: Mechanism of Action

combines with receptor and inhibits action of agonist (prevents receptor activation). -
✔What does antagonist mean?

chemical- derived from chemical composition

generic- assigned by US Adopted Name Council so only one (ex. ibuprofen) all
lowercase

trade- brand name given by marketing company, so could be several (ex. Advil, Motrin,
Nuprin) all uppercase - ✔What are drug name classifications?

contains more than one active ingredient; WARN PATIENTS TO READ LABELS
CAREFULLY - ✔What are combinations medications?

ability of the drug to produce the desired affect - ✔What is bioavailability?

inactive ingredients - ✔What is excipients?

-responsible for drug safety and effectiveness

-changes to drug review process has availability of new drugs sooner - ✔Drug
Regulation: Food and Drug Administrations (FDA)

-preclinical investigation
-clinical investigation
-review of the New Drug Application (NDA)




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