Relates to the chemical and molecular structure (rarely used because of it's complexity it is along name
with numbers and dashes). - Answers Chemical Name
Any condition which makes a particular treatment or procedure inadvisable is? - Answers
Contraindication (anything that tells you, you cannot administer a drug ex, age, allergies..etc).
Any substance, other than food, used in the prevention, diagnosis, alleviation, treatment, or cure of
disease (therapeutic agent) is a? - Answers Drug
Derived from the chemical name, also known as the common name (ex, ibuprofen, benadryl). - Answers
Generic Name
When there is an exaggerated response by the body to a foreign agent (non-life threatening). - Answers
Hypersensitivity
The basis for initiation of a treatment for a disease or of a diagnostic test. - Answers Indication
The largest amount of medication that can be given without reaching the toxic effect. - Answers
Maximum Dosage
MTF stands for? - Answers Medical Treatment Facility
A drug that contains opium and derivatives of opium is a? - Answers Opiate
Drugs that have opium like effects but are not derived from opium. - Answers Opioid
The state of being freely open or exposed. - Answers Patency
The science concerened with drugs, their sources, appearance, chemistry, actions and uses. - Answers
Pharmacology
Branch of pharmacology that deals with preparation and dispensing of medications. - Answers Pharmacy
PDR stands for? - Answers Physician's Desk Reference
Physician's Desk Reference is a? - Answers Reference book that lists drug products for medical
professionals.
Science of treating disease by any method that will relieve pain, treat or cure diseases and infections, or
prolong life. - Answers Therapeutics
The study of poisons, their actions, their detection and the treatment of the conditions produced by
them. - Answers Toxicology
Is the name given by a manufacturer (ex: Motrin is the trade name for ibuprofen). - Answers
Trade/Brand Name
, Referred to as the normal adult dose, usual dose, or average dose. - Answers Usual/Therapeutic dose
How many sections are in the Physician's Desk Reference? - Answers Five
Alphabetic listing of brand name products and a list of manufacturers with their product is found in what
section of the PDR? - Answers Pink
Therapeutic index is found in what section of the PDR? - Answers Blue
A drug, chemical, and pharmacological index of drugs is found in what section of the PDR? - Answers
Yellow
A list of the major products of manufactures with information on composition, action, uses,
administration, dosage, precautions, contraindications and supply of each drug is found in what section
of the PDR? - Answers White
Full size color photographs to aid in medication identification can be found in what section of the PDR? -
Answers Final
Lists all medications in a particular hospital's pharmacy and is produced locally by each MTF. - Answers
Hospital Formulary
Used to counteract hyperacidity in the stomach (heart burn and indigestion). - Answers Antacids
Agents that act on the surface of bubbles by reducing the surface tension and thereby disrupting or
breaking the bubble (ex; tums, gas-x) - Answers Antiflatulants
A soluble substance derived from a mold or bacterium that kills or inhibits the growth of other
microorganisms. - Answers Antibiotics
Agents that prevent or delay coagulation (clotting) of the blood by interfering with the formation of the
necessary clotting factors (ex, coumadin) - Answers Anticoagulants
Having the property of improving or correcting diarrhea (ex, imodium). - Answers Antidiarrheal
Counteracting diabetes, agent that reduces blood sugar (insulin). - Answers Antidiabetics
Combating an arrhythmia (ex, cordarone). - Answers Antidysrhythmics
Preventing or arresting vomiting (ex, phenergan). - Answers Antiemetics
Agents that inhibit or suppress the growth of fungi (ex, tinactin). - Answers Antifungals
Used to counteract the physical symptoms that are caused by Histamines (ex, benadryl). - Answers
Antihistamines
A drug that reduces the blood pressure of hypertensive patients (ex, zestril). - Answers
Antihypertensives