USAHS pharmacology units 1-4 already passed

USAHS pharmacology units 1-4 already passed Polypharmacy 5 or more medications by different doctors _____ is a serious cardiac condition in which the ability of the heart to pump blood becomes progressively worse. CHF The pharmacological treatment of _______ ________ includes drugs such as digitalis, diuretics, and vasodilators that can be added to the ACE inhibitor/beta blocker regimen. heart failure ______________ _________ is a drug name that is derived from the specific chemical structure of the compound. These names are NOT used clinically but shortened in some way to form the drug's generic name. Chemical name __________________ ________________ are drugs designated by the federal government as having increased potential for abuse and illegal use. These substances are grouped into five categories (schedules), with schedule 1 having the highest abuse potential and schedule V having relatively low potential for abuse. Controlled substances _______-__________ __________ is the relationship between incremental doses of a drug and the magnitude of the reaction that's those doses will cause. Dose-response curve _________ _________ is the name applied to a drug, which is not protected by a trademark; usually a shortened version of the drug's chemical name (SYN: nonproprietary name). Generic name ___________ _________ ________ is the drug dose that produces a specific therapeutic response in 50% of the patients whom it is tested. Median effective dose (ED50) _________ _________ _______ is the drug dose that causes death in 50% of the experimental animals which it is tested. Median lethal dose (LD50) __________ _______ ________ is the drug dose that produces specific adverse (toxic) response in 50% of the patients in whom it is tested. Median toxic dose (TD50) ___________________ _________ is a drug name that is usually a shortened version of the drug's chemical name and is recognized as the standard name for that drug regardless of the drug's trade or brand names (SYN: generic name). Nonproprietary name ______-__________ ___________________ is a drug that is prescribed to treat conditions other than those approved by the FDA. Off-label prescribing __________ _________ are drugs that are designed and approved to treat rare diseases. Because these drugs are only used in a small patient population (usually less than 200,000 people), financial and other incentives are often provided by various sources to encourage a drug company to develop and market the drug. Orphan drugs _______-______-________ ________ are drugs that can be purchases directly by the consumer without a prescription (SYN: nonprescription drugs). Over-the-counter drugs (OTC) ____________________ is the study of how drugs affect the body—that is, the physiological and biochemical mechanisms of drug action. Pharmodynamics ____________________ is the study of how the genetic variability can influence drug responses and metabolism. pharmacogenetics __________________ is the study of the how body handles drugs—that is, the manner in which drugs are absorbed, distributed, metabolized, and excreted. Pharmokinetics __________________________ is the study how drugs are used in the prevention and treatment of disease. Pharmacotherapeutics _____________ is the professional discipline deali