Chapter 1 Pharmacology

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Pharmacy

Preparation and dispensing of drugs

Pharmacognosy

The identification of sources of drugs (plants/animals)

Pharmacognetics

Study of interrelationsihp of drug effects and genetic differences

Therapeutics

Treating diseases with drugs

Toxicology

Study of toxic substances and their pharmacologic actions

Chemical name

Drugs chemical structure

Code name

Assigned by manufacturerer to an experimental chemical that shows potential as a drug

Generic name aka non proprietary name

Assigned by USAN (U.S Adopted Name) Council when the chemical appears to have therapeutic use and mauf. wants to market it

Official name

When an experimental drug becomes approved for genral use and is admitted to the USP-NF (U.SPharmacopeia- Nat'l Formulary)

Trade name aka brand name, proprietary name

Given by a particular manufacturer

Orphan drug

Tx for a rare disease or too expensive so cant make a profit off of it

Prescription

Written order for a drug with instructions for compounding,dispensing,and taking drug

Rx (aka superscription)

Means recipe or take thou

Inscription

Lists the name and quanity of drug being prescribed

Subscrption

Directions to the pharmicist on how to prepare the medication

Sig (signa)

Means write. Info pharmacsist writes on label as instructions to pt.

Name of Prescriber

Name of Physician

Superscription

Directs pharmacist to take drug listed and prepare the medication

Pharmacodynamics

What a drug does to the body

Pharmacokinetics

What the body does to a drug

Enteral route

Drug intended for absorption anywhere along GI tract

Parenteral (Injectable)

Besides teh intestine

Pharmacokinetic Phase

Time course/disposition of a drug in the body based on absorption, distribution, metabolism, elimination