Pharmacology

Pharmacology - correct answers Study of drugs and how they affect the body Drug/Medicine - correct answers Any substance that produces a physical or chemical change in the body Pharmacodynamics - correct answers What drugs do to the body Pharmacokinetics - correct answers what the body does to drugs, study of how medications move through the body Absorption - correct answers converting the drug from its dose form into a form the body can use Distribution - correct answers transportation of the med throughout the body Metabolism - correct answers breakdown of medication so the body can get rid of it, happens in the liver and kidneys Excretion - correct answers removal of medication through the body, usually through urine Pharmacotherapeutics - correct answers How drugs are used to treat disease Who controls meds in the US? - correct answers FDA, DEA What is the purpose of the FDA? - correct answers Sets standards for the purity, strength, and composition of all food, cosmetic, and drug products. What does the DEA use? - correct answers Regulates the sale and use of controlled drugs Schedule I Drug - correct answers Illegal, no medical use. Ex: Heroin Schedule II Drug - correct answers High potential for abuse. Ex: Narcotics Schedule III Drug - correct answers Moderate to Low Potential for Abuse. Ex: Anabolic Steroids Schedule IV Drug - correct answers Low Potential for Abuse. Ex: Valium or Xanax Schedule V Drug - correct answers Has limited quantities of narcotics in them. Low Potential for Abuse. Ex: cough syrup with codeine. Curative Medication - correct answers heals from a disease (ex. antibiotics) Diagnostic medication - correct answers helps in the diagnosing of a disease What is a common diagnostic medication? - correct answers Contrast (given with CT scans) What is a common ingredient in IV contrast? - correct answers Iodine What common food has high levels of iodine in it? - correct answers Shellfish Before a patient receives IV contrast, what must the CCMA ask the patient? - correct answers If they have an allergy to shellfish Palliative medication - correct answers reduce the severity of symptoms, usually at end of life care Prophylactic medication - correct answers prevents the effects of a disease ex: vaccines Replacement medication - correct answers replaces substances normally found in the body ex: thyroid, calcium, estrogen, etc.) Therapeutic medication - correct answers restores the body to its presymptom state ex: antihypertensives, analgesics, antiemetics Meds have 3 names that help identify them. They are: - correct answers chemical name, generic name, trade (brand) name therapeutic effects - correct answers The positive effect of a medication. What we want to happen. Side effects - correct answers unwanted actions by a drug, but an expected reaction Adverse effects - correct answers undesirable effects that may be harmful to the patient. Usually a reason to stop a medication Ex: allergic reaction, N&V Toxicity - correct answers accumulation of drugs in the body that creates an unwanted effect.