Nur2474 EXAM LATEST
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Absorption - correct answer the movement of a drug from its site of administration into the
bloodstream
Distribution - correct answer the process by which the drug becomes available to body fluids
and body tissues from the bloodstream
Metabolism - correct answer the chemical alteration of drug structure - in the liver
Once you push it, you can't get it back - correct answer Irreversible Action
Works rapidly.... Best for emergencies
Half - Life - correct answer The time is takes for one half of the drug concentration to be
eliminated from the body.
24 hour half life - correct answer Daily doses
Half life of ibuprofen - correct answer 1.8 to 2 hours
Pharmacodynamic Phase - correct answer Study of what drugs do to the bod and how they do it
, Onset of action - correct answer the time until minimum effective action / concentration
Peak action - correct answer when the drug reaches its highest plasma or blood concentration
Duration of action - correct answer The length of time drug products a therapeutic or
pharmacologic effect
Receptor theory - correct answer Drugs act by binding to receptors to produce (agonist) or block
(antagonist) a response
Agonists - correct answer drugs that "mimic" or produce a response
Epinepherine
antagonists - correct answer Drugs that prevent or "block" a response
Metoprolol
Therapeutic index / Range/ Window - correct answer The level of the drug between the
minimum effective (trough) concentration in the plasma for obtaining desired drug action and
the minimum toxic (peak) concentration
Peak level - correct answer the point at which plasma drug levels are highest
Trough - correct answer the point at which plasma drug levels are lowest
Adverse reactions - correct answer First question should be, what happens when you take this
drug