Matching Pharmacology Terms

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Tolerance

A decreasing response to repeated drug doses.

Idiosyncratic

A genetically determined abnormal response to ordinary doses of a drug.

Dependence

A physiologic or psychological need for a drug.

Trade Name

Also known as the proprietary name of a drug

Additive

Drug interaction in which the effect of a combination of two or more drugs with similar actions is equivalent to the sum of the individual effects of the same drugs given alone.

Synergistic

Drug interaction in which the effect of a combination of two or more drugs with similar actions is greater than the sum of the individual effects of the same drugs given alone.

Maintenance Therapy

Drug therapy used for the treatment of chronic illnesses.

Enzymes

Protein molecules that catalyze one or more of a variety of biochemical reactions including those related to the body's own physiological processes, as well as those related to drug metabolism.

Incompatibility

The characteristic that causes 2 parenteral drugs or solutions to undergo a reaction. when mixed or given together that results in the chemical deterioration of at least one of the drugs.

First-Pass Effect

The initial metabolism in the liver of a drug that is absorbed from the gastrointestinal tract, before the drug reaches systemic circulation through the bloodstream.

Duration

The length of time that a drug concentration is sufficient to elicit a therapeutic response.

Steady State

The physiologic state in which the amount of drug removed via illumination is equal to the amount of drug absorbed with each dose.

Pharmaceutics

The science of preparing and dispensing drugs, including dosage from design.

Pharmacodynamics

The study of the biochemical and physiologic interactions of drugs at their sites of activities. It examines the physicochemical properties of drugs and their pharmacological interactions with body receptor.

Onset of Action

The time it takes for a drug to elicit a therapeutic response.

Peak Effect

The time it takes for a drug to reach its maximum therapeutic response in the body.

Palliative Therapy

Therapy that is used to make a patient as comfortable as possible, and often used in the end stages of an illness.

Mutagenic

These drug effects are permanent changes in the genetic composition of living organisms.

Carcinogenic

These drug effects cause cancer.

Teratogenic

These drug effects result in structural defects in the unborn fetus.


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