CNPR, NAPSR Exam

CNPR, NAPSR Exam Margin of safety the difference between the usual effective dose and the dose that induces severe or life threatening side effects Rights of drug administration right patient, right medication, right does, right route of administration, and right time of delivery Injection routes intramuscular, intrathecal, intravenous, subcutaneous intramuscular drugs given by direct injection into muscle tissue intrathecal needle is inserted between to vertebrea in the lower spine an into space around the spinal cord intravenous injected directly into the veins subcutaneous needle inserted into the fatty tissue just beneath the skin Bioavailablility how quickly and how much of a drug reaches its intended target site of action Bioequivalent when drugs contain not only the same active ingredients but also produce virtually the same blood levels over time Therapeutic equivalence production of the same medicinal effects Areas of drug elimination and excretion