Pharmacology Chapters 1-13
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Drug - answ✔️✔️-Any substance that is taken to cure, or reduce symptoms of a
medical condition.
Pharmacology - answ✔️✔️-The study of medicine.
Pharmacotherapy/Pharmacotherapeutics - answ✔️✔️-Application of drugs for the
purpose of disease prevention and treatment of suffering.
Indications and Contraindications - answ✔️✔️-The conditions for which a drug is
approved are its indications. Every drug has at least one indication. Some drugs are
used for conditions for which they have not been approved; these are called unlabeled
or off- label indications.
,Therapeutic classification - answ✔️✔️--Based on their usefulness in treating a specific
disease
-The key to therapeutic classification is to simply state what condition is being treated by
the particular drug.
-The prefix anti- refers to therapeutic classification.
Pharmacologic Classification - answ✔️✔️--Addresses a drugs mechanism of action or
how a drug produces its effect in the body.
-More specific than therapeutic
-Requires biochemistry and pathophysiology
Chemical name - answ✔️✔️--Assigned using standard nomenclature.
-A drug has only one chemical name
-Helpful in predicting a drugs physical and chemical properties.
Generic name - answ✔️✔️-Name assigned by the United States Adopted Name
Council.
Less complicated and easy to remember.
Trade Name - answ✔️✔️-Sometimes called the proprietary product, or brand name is
assigned by the pharmaceutical company maketing the drug.
Exclusivity - answ✔️✔️-Typical length of exclusivity for a new drug is 5 years.
Combination drug - answ✔️✔️-Drugs with more than one active generic ingredient.
Pros and Cons of Generic Drugs - answ✔️✔️-Generic drugs are less expensive than
brand name drugs, by they may differ in bioavailability. (The rate at which drug
produces its effect.)
, The nurses responsibility for knowledge in regards to pharmacotherapeutics... -
answ✔️✔️-Is what drug is ordered including name and drug classification, intended or
proposed used, effects on the body, contraindications, special considerations (how age,
weight, body fat distribution, and pathophysiologic states affect pharmacotheraputic
response), expected and potential adverse events, why the drug was prescribed how
the drug is supplied by the pharmacy, administration of the drug, and what
considerations apply to the patient.
The major goal to study pharmacology... - answ✔️✔️-is to eliminate medication errors
and to limit the number and severity of adverse drug events.
To prevent medication errors RN's can - answ✔️✔️-Routinely apply their experience
and knowledge of pharmacotherapeutics to clinical practice. It is vital the nurse be
prepared to cognized and respond to potential adverse effects of the medication.
Pharmacotherapy and the older adult
(pharmokinetic and pharmodynamics). - answ✔️✔️-Normal aging processes can alter
pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamics responses to drugs.
Pharmacotherapy and the older adult
(absorption) - answ✔️✔️-Overall, absorption of nutrients and drugs tend to slow with
aging.
Pharmacotherapy and the older adult (plasma levels drug concentration in tissues) -
answ✔️✔️-Age related increases in fat storage cause lipid soluble drugs to be stored
in the body for extended periods, leading to lower plasma levels and increased drug
concentrations in the tissues.
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Drug - answ✔️✔️-Any substance that is taken to cure, or reduce symptoms of a
medical condition.
Pharmacology - answ✔️✔️-The study of medicine.
Pharmacotherapy/Pharmacotherapeutics - answ✔️✔️-Application of drugs for the
purpose of disease prevention and treatment of suffering.
Indications and Contraindications - answ✔️✔️-The conditions for which a drug is
approved are its indications. Every drug has at least one indication. Some drugs are
used for conditions for which they have not been approved; these are called unlabeled
or off- label indications.
,Therapeutic classification - answ✔️✔️--Based on their usefulness in treating a specific
disease
-The key to therapeutic classification is to simply state what condition is being treated by
the particular drug.
-The prefix anti- refers to therapeutic classification.
Pharmacologic Classification - answ✔️✔️--Addresses a drugs mechanism of action or
how a drug produces its effect in the body.
-More specific than therapeutic
-Requires biochemistry and pathophysiology
Chemical name - answ✔️✔️--Assigned using standard nomenclature.
-A drug has only one chemical name
-Helpful in predicting a drugs physical and chemical properties.
Generic name - answ✔️✔️-Name assigned by the United States Adopted Name
Council.
Less complicated and easy to remember.
Trade Name - answ✔️✔️-Sometimes called the proprietary product, or brand name is
assigned by the pharmaceutical company maketing the drug.
Exclusivity - answ✔️✔️-Typical length of exclusivity for a new drug is 5 years.
Combination drug - answ✔️✔️-Drugs with more than one active generic ingredient.
Pros and Cons of Generic Drugs - answ✔️✔️-Generic drugs are less expensive than
brand name drugs, by they may differ in bioavailability. (The rate at which drug
produces its effect.)
, The nurses responsibility for knowledge in regards to pharmacotherapeutics... -
answ✔️✔️-Is what drug is ordered including name and drug classification, intended or
proposed used, effects on the body, contraindications, special considerations (how age,
weight, body fat distribution, and pathophysiologic states affect pharmacotheraputic
response), expected and potential adverse events, why the drug was prescribed how
the drug is supplied by the pharmacy, administration of the drug, and what
considerations apply to the patient.
The major goal to study pharmacology... - answ✔️✔️-is to eliminate medication errors
and to limit the number and severity of adverse drug events.
To prevent medication errors RN's can - answ✔️✔️-Routinely apply their experience
and knowledge of pharmacotherapeutics to clinical practice. It is vital the nurse be
prepared to cognized and respond to potential adverse effects of the medication.
Pharmacotherapy and the older adult
(pharmokinetic and pharmodynamics). - answ✔️✔️-Normal aging processes can alter
pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamics responses to drugs.
Pharmacotherapy and the older adult
(absorption) - answ✔️✔️-Overall, absorption of nutrients and drugs tend to slow with
aging.
Pharmacotherapy and the older adult (plasma levels drug concentration in tissues) -
answ✔️✔️-Age related increases in fat storage cause lipid soluble drugs to be stored
in the body for extended periods, leading to lower plasma levels and increased drug
concentrations in the tissues.
