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Drug - correct answer Any substance that is taken to cure, or reduce symptoms of a medical condition.
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Pharmacology - correct answer The study of medicine.
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Pharmacotherapy/Pharmacotherapeutics - correct answer Application of drugs for the purpose of disease r r r r r r r r r r r r
prevention and treatment of suffering.
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Indications and Contraindications - correct answer The conditions for which a drug is approved are its
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indications. Every drug has at least one indication. Some drugs are used for conditions for which they have not
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been approved; these are called unlabeled or off- label indications.
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Therapeutic classification - correct answer -Based on their usefulness in treating a specific disease
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-The key to therapeutic classification is to simply state what condition is being treated by the particular drug.
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-The prefix anti- refers to therapeutic classification.
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, Pharmacologic Classification - correct answer -Addresses a drugs mechanism of action or how a drug produces r r r r r r r r r r r r r r r r
its effect in the body.
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-More specific than therapeutic
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Chemical name - correct answer -Assigned using standard nomenclature.
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-A drug has only one chemical name
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-Helpful in predicting a drugs physical and chemical properties.
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Generic name - correct answer Name assigned by the United States Adopted Name Council.
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Less complicated and easy to remember.
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Trade Name - correct answer Sometimes called the proprietary product, or brand name is assigned by the
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pharmaceutical company maketing the drug. r r r r
Exclusivity - correct answer Typical length of exclusivity for a new drug is 5 years.
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Combination drug - correct answer Drugs with more than one active generic ingredient. r r r r r r r r r r r r
Pros and Cons of Generic Drugs - correct answer Generic drugs are less expensive than brand name drugs, by
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they may differ in bioavailability. (The rate at which drug produces its effect.)
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The nurses responsibility for knowledge in regards to pharmacotherapeutics... - correct answer Is what drug is
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ordered including name and drug classification, intended or proposed used, effects on the body,
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contraindications, special considerations (how age, weight, body fat distribution, and pathophysiologic states r r r r r r r r r r r r
affect pharmacotheraputic response), expected and potential adverse events, why the drug was prescribed
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how the drug is supplied by the pharmacy, administration of the drug, and what considerations apply to the
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patient.
The major goal to study pharmacology... - correct answer is to eliminate medication errors and to limit the
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number and severity of adverse drug events.
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