Medication Aide Exam 2023 Study Guide.
Medication Aide Exam 2023 Study Guide. MAR - ANSWER Medication Administration Record Diversion - ANSWER illegally taking medications intended for use by a resident. Ethics - ANSWER moral values code of ethics - ANSWER no gifts or favors, doing the right thing when no one is watching. drug - ANSWER a chemical substance that once introduced into the body, becomes a medicine, intended to promote chance in the body Pharmacology - ANSWER a study of the effects of drugs on the body pharmacotherapeutics - ANSWER Branch of pharmacology. this is a study of beneficial and adverse effects of drugs. analgesics - ANSWER drugs that relieve pain antibiotics - ANSWER drugs that destroy microorganisms or inhibit their growth antidiabetic agents - ANSWER drugs that prevent or treat diabetes antidiarrheals - ANSWER drugs used to prevent diarrhea antiemetics - ANSWER Drugs that help prevent or relieve nausea and vomiting antihistamines - ANSWER medications used to block allergic reactions antiinfective - ANSWER any agent used to fight infection( antibiotic, antiviral, anti-fungal) antilipidemics - ANSWER statins: any drug used to lower fats in the blood antipsychotics - ANSWER a group of drugs used to treat psychosis; same as neuroleptic antipyretics - ANSWER medications that reduce fever antitussives - ANSWER relieve or suppress coughing by blocking the cough reflex in the medulla of the brain beta blockers - ANSWER used to block beta-andrenergic actions;
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