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1. Second messenger - ANS ✓cascade of biochemical events that
initiates a drugs action by either stimulating or inhibiting a normal
activity of the cell
2. Therapeutic index (LI) - ANS ✓the ratio of a drugs LD50 to its ED50
3. Additive effect - ANS ✓type of drug interaction in which two agents
combine to produce a summation response
4. Adverse drug effect - ANS ✓an undesirable and potentially harmful
action caused by the administration of medication
5. Adverse Event Reporting System (AERS) - ANS ✓voluntary
program that encourages health care providers and consumers to
report suspected adverse effects directly to the FDA or the product
manufacturer
6. Antagonistic effect - ANS ✓type of drug interactions in which
adding a second drug results in a diminished pharmacologic
response
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7. Black Box Warning - ANS ✓in some drug inserts, a requirement by
the FDA that warns prescribers that the drug carries a risk for
serious or fatal adverse effects
8. Drug allergies - ANS ✓a hyper response of body defences to a
particular drug that may result in a diverse range of patient
symptoms
9. Drug interaction - ANS ✓occurs when a medication interacts with
another substance such as another drug, a dietary supplement, an
herbal product, or food that is taken concurrently with the
medication, and the drugs actions are affected
10. Idiosyncratic response - ANS ✓unpredictable and
unexplained drug reaction
11. Risk-benefit ratio - ANS ✓determination of whether the risks
form a drug outweigh the potential benefits received by taking the
medication
12. Side effect - ANS ✓types of drug effects that are less serious
than adverse effects, are predictable and may occur even at
therapeutic doses
13. Synergistic effect - ANS ✓type of drug interaction in which
two drugs produce an effect that is much greater than would be
expected form simply adding the two individual drugs responses
14. Teratogens - ANS ✓agent that causes birth defects
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