Pharmacology- Chapter 1

idiosyncrasy, drug allergy, teratogenicity, and carcinogenicity

Categorized as having an adverse reaction

Posology

Select the term below that relates to the amount of drug administered to produce a therapeutic effect.

controlled substance

drug that has the potential for abuse and thus is regulated by the Drug Enforcement Agency is classified as a

nonprescription

medication that does not require a physician's service to obtain is referred to as

idiosyncrasy

An unusual or unexpected drug reaction by an individual is known as

Contraindication

The medical situation when a particular drug should not be administered is referred to as

trade name

The proprietary drug name supplied by a pharmaceutical company is also referred to as the

Pharmacology

The study of drugs.

Pharmacodynamics

The study of the action of drugs on living tissue.

Posology

The study of the amount of drug that is required to produce therapeutic effects.

Toxicology

The study of the harmful effects of drugs on living tissue.

Pharmacokinetics

The study of the processes of drug absorption, disbursement, metabolism, and the excretion.

Pharmacotherapeutics

The study of the use of drugs in treating disease.

duration of action

The time a drug continues to produce its effect is its

onset of action

The time from drug administration to the first observable drug effect is known as the

Pharmacy

science of preparing and dispensing medicines.

Pharmacokinetics

study of drug absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion over a period of time