PHARMACOLOGY QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS, 100%
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Pharmacology - Study of drugs and how they affect the body
Drug/Medicine - Any substance that produces a physical or chemical change in the body
Pharmacodynamics - What drugs do to the body
Pharmacokinetics - what the body does to drugs, study of how medications move through
the body
Absorption - converting the drug from its dose form into a form the body can use
Distribution - transportation of the med throughout the body
Metabolism - breakdown of medication so the body can get rid of it, happens in the liver
and kidneys
Excretion - removal of medication through the body, usually through urine
Pharmacotherapeutics - How drugs are used to treat disease
Who controls meds in the US? - FDA, DEA
What is the purpose of the FDA? - Sets standards for the purity, strength, and composition
of all food, cosmetic, and drug products.
, What does the DEA use? - Regulates the sale and use of controlled drugs
Schedule I Drug - Illegal, no medical use. Ex: Heroin
Schedule II Drug - High potential for abuse. Ex: Narcotics
Schedule III Drug - Moderate to Low Potential for Abuse. Ex: Anabolic Steroids
Schedule IV Drug - Low Potential for Abuse. Ex: Valium or Xanax
Schedule V Drug - Has limited quantities of narcotics in them. Low Potential for Abuse.
Ex: cough syrup with codeine.
Curative Medication - heals from a disease (ex. antibiotics)
Diagnostic medication - helps in the diagnosing of a disease
What is a common diagnostic medication? - Contrast (given with CT scans)
What is a common ingredient in IV contrast? - Iodine
What common food has high levels of iodine in it? - Shellfish
Before a patient receives IV contrast, what must the CCMA ask the patient? - If they have
an allergy to shellfish
Palliative medication - reduce the severity of symptoms, usually at end of life care
GUARANTEE
Pharmacology - Study of drugs and how they affect the body
Drug/Medicine - Any substance that produces a physical or chemical change in the body
Pharmacodynamics - What drugs do to the body
Pharmacokinetics - what the body does to drugs, study of how medications move through
the body
Absorption - converting the drug from its dose form into a form the body can use
Distribution - transportation of the med throughout the body
Metabolism - breakdown of medication so the body can get rid of it, happens in the liver
and kidneys
Excretion - removal of medication through the body, usually through urine
Pharmacotherapeutics - How drugs are used to treat disease
Who controls meds in the US? - FDA, DEA
What is the purpose of the FDA? - Sets standards for the purity, strength, and composition
of all food, cosmetic, and drug products.
, What does the DEA use? - Regulates the sale and use of controlled drugs
Schedule I Drug - Illegal, no medical use. Ex: Heroin
Schedule II Drug - High potential for abuse. Ex: Narcotics
Schedule III Drug - Moderate to Low Potential for Abuse. Ex: Anabolic Steroids
Schedule IV Drug - Low Potential for Abuse. Ex: Valium or Xanax
Schedule V Drug - Has limited quantities of narcotics in them. Low Potential for Abuse.
Ex: cough syrup with codeine.
Curative Medication - heals from a disease (ex. antibiotics)
Diagnostic medication - helps in the diagnosing of a disease
What is a common diagnostic medication? - Contrast (given with CT scans)
What is a common ingredient in IV contrast? - Iodine
What common food has high levels of iodine in it? - Shellfish
Before a patient receives IV contrast, what must the CCMA ask the patient? - If they have
an allergy to shellfish
Palliative medication - reduce the severity of symptoms, usually at end of life care
