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chemical name of drug - Relates to the chemical and moldcular structure.
Contraindication - Any condition which makes a particular treatment or procedure inadvisable.
Drug - Therapeutic agent; any substance other than food, used in the prevention, diagnosis, alleviation,
treatment, or cure of a disease.
Generic name - nonproprietary name of a drug assigned by the government; common name of
medication
Hypersensitivity - Abnormal sensitivity; an exaggerated response by body to stimulus of foreign agent
Indication - Basis for initiation of a treatment for a disease or of a diagnostic test
Maximum dose - Largest amount of medication that can be given without reaching toxic level.
MTF - Medical Treatment Facility
Opiate - A drug with morphine like effects, derived from opium.
Opioids - Pertaining to natural and synthetic chemicals that have opium-like effects similar to morphine;
not derived from opium.
Patency - State of being freely open or exposed
Pharmacology - Science concerned with drugs, their uses, sources, appearance, chemistry, and actions
on body.
, Pharmacy - Branch of pharmacology dealing with the preparation, dispensing, and proper use of
medication.
Physician's Desk Reference (PDR) - A comprehensive book-listing of drug products for medical
professionals
Therapeutics - Science of treating disease by any method that will relieve pain, treat or cure diseases
and infections, or prolong life.
Toxicology - Study of poisons, their actions, their detection, and the treatment of the conditions
produced by them.
Trade/Brand name - Propriety name given by a manufacturer.
Usual/ Therapeutic Dose - Normal adult dose, usual dose, or average dose; amount needed to produce
the desired therapeutic effect.
Antacids - Used to counteract hyperacidity in the stomach
antiflatulent - relieves gas and bloating in GI tract
antibiotic - Soluble substance derived from mold or bacterium that kills or inhibits the growth of other
microorganisms.
Anticoagulant - Agents that prevent or delay coagulation (clotting) of the blood by interfering with the
formation of necessary clotting factors.
Antidiarrheal - used to control diarrhea
Antidiabetic - used to manage diabetes
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chemical name of drug - Relates to the chemical and moldcular structure.
Contraindication - Any condition which makes a particular treatment or procedure inadvisable.
Drug - Therapeutic agent; any substance other than food, used in the prevention, diagnosis, alleviation,
treatment, or cure of a disease.
Generic name - nonproprietary name of a drug assigned by the government; common name of
medication
Hypersensitivity - Abnormal sensitivity; an exaggerated response by body to stimulus of foreign agent
Indication - Basis for initiation of a treatment for a disease or of a diagnostic test
Maximum dose - Largest amount of medication that can be given without reaching toxic level.
MTF - Medical Treatment Facility
Opiate - A drug with morphine like effects, derived from opium.
Opioids - Pertaining to natural and synthetic chemicals that have opium-like effects similar to morphine;
not derived from opium.
Patency - State of being freely open or exposed
Pharmacology - Science concerned with drugs, their uses, sources, appearance, chemistry, and actions
on body.
, Pharmacy - Branch of pharmacology dealing with the preparation, dispensing, and proper use of
medication.
Physician's Desk Reference (PDR) - A comprehensive book-listing of drug products for medical
professionals
Therapeutics - Science of treating disease by any method that will relieve pain, treat or cure diseases
and infections, or prolong life.
Toxicology - Study of poisons, their actions, their detection, and the treatment of the conditions
produced by them.
Trade/Brand name - Propriety name given by a manufacturer.
Usual/ Therapeutic Dose - Normal adult dose, usual dose, or average dose; amount needed to produce
the desired therapeutic effect.
Antacids - Used to counteract hyperacidity in the stomach
antiflatulent - relieves gas and bloating in GI tract
antibiotic - Soluble substance derived from mold or bacterium that kills or inhibits the growth of other
microorganisms.
Anticoagulant - Agents that prevent or delay coagulation (clotting) of the blood by interfering with the
formation of necessary clotting factors.
Antidiarrheal - used to control diarrhea
Antidiabetic - used to manage diabetes
