TESTBANK FOR ROACH’S INTRODUCTORY CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY 11TH EDITION WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS

TESTBANK FOR ROACH’S INTRODUCTORY CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY 11TH EDITION WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS Absorption - Answer-A drug moved from site of administration to body fluids. Adverse Reaction - Answer-Undesirable drug effect Allergic reaction - Answer-Immediate hypersensitivity reaction w/symptoms; it presents as itching hives swelling & difficulty breathing Anaphylactic shock - Answer-sudden, severe hypersensitivity reaction w/symptoms that progress rapidly and may result in death if not treated; Angioedma - Answer-localized wheals or swellings in subcutaneous tissue or mucous membranes, which may be due to an allergic response. Controlled substances - Answer-Drugs that have the potential for abuse and dependency, both physically and psychological cumulative drug effect - Answer-When the body is unable to metabolize & excrete one dose of a drug before the next is given Distribution - Answer-drug moves from circulation to body tissue or a target site. Drug idiosyncrasy - Answer-Any unusual or abnormal response the differs from the response normally expected to a specific drug and dosage. Drug tolerance - Answer-decreased response to a drug, requiring an increase in dosage to achieve the desire effect Excretion - Answer-elimination of a drug from the body First-pass effect - Answer-action by which an oral drug is absorbed and carried directly to the liver, where it is inactived by enzymes before it enters the general blood stream. Half-life - Answer-time required for the body to eliminate 50% of a drug Herbal medicine - Answer-type of complementary/alternative therapy that uses plants or herbs to treat various disorders Hypersensitivity - Answer-undesirable reaction produced by a normal immune system Metabolism - Answer-drug is changed to a form that can be excreted Metabolite - Answer-inactive form of the original drug nonprescription drugs - Answer-drugs that are designated by the U.S. Food and Drug administration (FDA) to be safe (if taken as directed) and obtained w/o a prescription Pharmaceutic - Answer-Pertaining to the phase during which a drug dissolves in the body Pharmacodtnamics - Answer-Study of the drug mechanisms that produce biochemical or physiologic changes in the body Pharmacokinetics - Answer-Study of the drug transit or activity after administration Physical dependency - Answer-habitual use of a drug where negative physical withdraw symptoms result from the abrupt discontinuation. Prescription drugs - Answer-drugs the federal government has designated as potentially harmful unless their use is supervised by a licensed health care provider, such as a nurse practitioner, physician, or dentist.