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- answer ✔✔-• Prescribing for infants and children
what the body does to the drug (absorption, distribution, metabolism, excretion) - answer ✔✔-
Pharmacokinetics
issues important for drugs with narrow therapeutic ranges or sustained release mechanism -
answer ✔✔-Bioavailability
time required for amount of drug in body to decrease by 50% - answer ✔✔-half-life
rapidly metabolized by liver, may have little if any desired action - answer ✔✔-First Pass Effect
(Metabolism)
- any unexpected, unintended, undesired, or excessive response to a medication given at
therapeutic dosages (as opposed to overdose)
- infants/young children: lack of studies in that population
, - elderly: decrease in renal function
- teratogen causes type ___D__ ADR (ex lisinopril) - answer ✔✔-adverse drug reaction
- answer ✔✔-• Guidelines for treatment and education of common diseases
- answer ✔✔-• Stepwise approach to drug management
• Hyperlipidemia and increased LDL in preg. Woman drug of choice: bile acid binding resins
• Prescribing for women during childbirth years requires constant awareness of the possibility
of: risk for silent bacterial / viral infections of the genitalia - answer ✔✔-Prescribing for women
during their childbearing years
- answer ✔✔-• Stepwise approach to drug management
- answer ✔✔-• Teaching regarding of beclomethasone (QVAR) inhalers
- answer ✔✔-how to taper medication
- answer ✔✔-required laboratory monitoring for drugs
manage symptoms: sip on liquids for dry mouth, sunglasses for photophobia, urinate prior to
medication to reduce retention - answer ✔✔-anticholinergic drugs
- requires a trough level, peak and trough are done to determine if it is in therapeutic range -
answer ✔✔-Phenytoin monitoring