NUR 565 Midterm
- Pharmacodynamics
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what the drug does to the body
- Phamacodynamics
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mechanism of action
Receptors Enzyme interactions
Non selective interactions
- Types of drug therapy
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acute maintenance
supplemental palliative supportive prophylactic empiric
- Drugs responsible for drug metabolism and elimination
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Liver and Kidneys 1 / 3
- Drug interactions
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Drug drug Food drug
Additive Synergistic Antagonistic Incompatibility
- Pharmacokinetics
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The process by which drugs are absorbed, distributed within the body, metabolized, and excreted.
- Factors of Pharmacokinetics
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- Rate and extent to which drugs move from the point of entry or rat of administration
- gain access to the bloodstream
- how drugs are absorbed in distributed to the tissues of the body
- Onset of action
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The time required for a drug to elicit a therapeutic response after dosing.
- time to peak effect
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time between administration and maximum effect 2 / 3
- duration of action
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The length of time the concentration of a drug in the blood or tissues is sufficient to elicit a response.
- half-life
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Time required for half of a chemical to be eliminated from the body
- steady state
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a state in which inputs equal outputs, so that the system is not changing over time (achieved between 5-6 half life's)
- peak
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The highest level of the drug achieved following the dose
- Trough
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Level to which the drug concentration has dropped immediately prior to the next dose
- duration
- / 3
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