Pharmacotherapeutics (Week 1)
Define Pharmacotherapeutics - answerthe use of drugs to prevent, modify or cure
disease.
What are the 4 steps of Pharmacotherapeutics - answer1. assessment
2. implementation
3. monitoring
4. reassessment.
Define the assessment phase - answer involves a process whereby a practitioner
evaluates a patient's health status looks at the current medications that the patient is
receiving and develops a therapeutic plan.
Define the implement phase - answerinvolve several types and combinations of
therapies. Therapy can be acute, maintenance, supplemental, palliative, supportive or
prophylactic.
Define acute therapies - answerinvolves intensive drug therapy and typically
implemented for critically ill patients.
Define Maintenance therapy - answertypically does not eradicate the problems the
patient may have, but does prevent the progression of the disease.
Define Supplemental or replacement therapy - answersupplies the body with a
substance needed to maintain normal function. Examples are the administration of
insulin for diabetics.
Define palliative therapy - answeris to make the patient as comfortable as possible. -
typically needed in the end stages of an illness when all other therapies have failed.
-example is the administration of high doses of narcotics for patients dying of cancer.
Define Supportive therapy - answermaintains the integrity of body functions as the
patient is recovering.
-Example: Providing fluids and electrolytes to prevent dehydration
Define Prophylactic therapy - answerdrug therapy provided to prevent complications of
a treatment.
-example would be the administration of antibiotics before a surgical dental procedure to
prevent infections in vulnerable patients, such as those who have prosthetic valves.
Canadian drug legislation began in: - answer1875
Define Pharmacotherapeutics - answerthe use of drugs to prevent, modify or cure
disease.
What are the 4 steps of Pharmacotherapeutics - answer1. assessment
2. implementation
3. monitoring
4. reassessment.
Define the assessment phase - answer involves a process whereby a practitioner
evaluates a patient's health status looks at the current medications that the patient is
receiving and develops a therapeutic plan.
Define the implement phase - answerinvolve several types and combinations of
therapies. Therapy can be acute, maintenance, supplemental, palliative, supportive or
prophylactic.
Define acute therapies - answerinvolves intensive drug therapy and typically
implemented for critically ill patients.
Define Maintenance therapy - answertypically does not eradicate the problems the
patient may have, but does prevent the progression of the disease.
Define Supplemental or replacement therapy - answersupplies the body with a
substance needed to maintain normal function. Examples are the administration of
insulin for diabetics.
Define palliative therapy - answeris to make the patient as comfortable as possible. -
typically needed in the end stages of an illness when all other therapies have failed.
-example is the administration of high doses of narcotics for patients dying of cancer.
Define Supportive therapy - answermaintains the integrity of body functions as the
patient is recovering.
-Example: Providing fluids and electrolytes to prevent dehydration
Define Prophylactic therapy - answerdrug therapy provided to prevent complications of
a treatment.
-example would be the administration of antibiotics before a surgical dental procedure to
prevent infections in vulnerable patients, such as those who have prosthetic valves.
Canadian drug legislation began in: - answer1875
