NR565 / NR 565 Advanced Pharmacology Fundamentals
Midterm Exam: Week 1, 2, 3 & 4
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1. Pharmacodynamics
: Answer What the drug does to the body
-3 Mechanisms of̣ action
• Receptor
• Enzyme
• Nonselective Interactions
2. Enzymes
Answer
most f̣requently seen in relation to the metabolism of̣ drugs
-act as catalysts in nearly every chemical reaction that takes place in the cells
-drugs can enhance or inhibit the catalytic actions
3. Nonselective interactions
Answer
drugs chemically alter or physically interf̣ere with cellular structures or there
processes
,• ex: chemotherapy
4. Patient-specif̣ic plan goals
Answer
cure
-decrease in symptoms
-stopping or slowing the disease process
-preventing disease
-improved quality of̣ lif̣e
5. Types of̣ drug therapy
Answer
acute
• tx active disease & sustain
lif̣e
-maintenance
• f̣ocus on prevention of̣ disease
progression
-supplemental
• medication required f̣or normal body f̣unction
-palliative
• any tx program designed to provide symptomatic relief̣ of̣ chronic severe
pain
,-supportive
, • maintains integrity of̣ body f̣unctions
-prophylactic
• prevention; immunizations, pre-procedure & postexposure antibiotics
-empiric
• clinical probability of̣ illness that has not yet been diagnosed; administering
broad spectrum antibiotics bef̣ore culture results
6. Idiosyncratic ef̣fects
̣
Answer: unexpected individual responses to medications
7. Tolerance:
Answer declining response to a drug
8. Dependence
Answer: physiologic or psychologic need f̣or a substance
9. NIH: dependence vs addiction
Answer
drug dependence
• a person needs a drug to f̣unction normally, abruptly stopping the drug leads to
withdrawal symptoms.
-drug addiction
Midterm Exam: Week 1, 2, 3 & 4
100% Guarantee Pass
1. Pharmacodynamics
: Answer What the drug does to the body
-3 Mechanisms of̣ action
• Receptor
• Enzyme
• Nonselective Interactions
2. Enzymes
Answer
most f̣requently seen in relation to the metabolism of̣ drugs
-act as catalysts in nearly every chemical reaction that takes place in the cells
-drugs can enhance or inhibit the catalytic actions
3. Nonselective interactions
Answer
drugs chemically alter or physically interf̣ere with cellular structures or there
processes
,• ex: chemotherapy
4. Patient-specif̣ic plan goals
Answer
cure
-decrease in symptoms
-stopping or slowing the disease process
-preventing disease
-improved quality of̣ lif̣e
5. Types of̣ drug therapy
Answer
acute
• tx active disease & sustain
lif̣e
-maintenance
• f̣ocus on prevention of̣ disease
progression
-supplemental
• medication required f̣or normal body f̣unction
-palliative
• any tx program designed to provide symptomatic relief̣ of̣ chronic severe
pain
,-supportive
, • maintains integrity of̣ body f̣unctions
-prophylactic
• prevention; immunizations, pre-procedure & postexposure antibiotics
-empiric
• clinical probability of̣ illness that has not yet been diagnosed; administering
broad spectrum antibiotics bef̣ore culture results
6. Idiosyncratic ef̣fects
̣
Answer: unexpected individual responses to medications
7. Tolerance:
Answer declining response to a drug
8. Dependence
Answer: physiologic or psychologic need f̣or a substance
9. NIH: dependence vs addiction
Answer
drug dependence
• a person needs a drug to f̣unction normally, abruptly stopping the drug leads to
withdrawal symptoms.
-drug addiction
