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chemical name
✔chemical and molecular structure but is rarely used because of its complexity
contraindication
✔any condition that makes a treatment or procedure inadvisable
Drug
✔any substance that can be used in prevention, diagnosis, alleviation, treatment, or cure of
disease
generic name
✔common name of medication
hypersensitivity (allergy)
✔abnormal sensitivity with an exaggerated response by the body to the stimulus of foreign
agents
Indication
✔initiation of a treatment for a disease or a diagnostic test (why medication is given)
maximum dose
✔largest amount of medication that can given without toxic effect
MTF
✔medical treatment facility
opiate
✔A drug that contains opium, derivatives of opium, or any several semisynthetic drugs with
opium-like activity.
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opioid
✔natural and synthetic chemicals that have opium-like effects but not derived from opium
patency
✔state of being freely open or exposed
pharmacology
✔science of drugs, their sources, appearance, chemistry, actions, and uses
pharmacy
✔branch of pharmacology dealing with preparation, dispensing, and proper use of medications
physician's desk reference
✔comprehensive book listing of drug products for medical professionals
therapeutics
✔science of treating disease by any method that will relieve pain, treat or cure diseases and
infections, or prolong life
toxicology
✔study of poisons, their actions, detection, and treatment of the conditions produced by them
trade/brand name
✔name given by manufacturer
usual/therapeutic dose
✔normal adult dose, usual dose, or average dose, amount needed to produce the desired
therapeutic effect
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the physician's desk reference has how many sections?
✔5 (pink, blue, yellow, white, and final)
pink section
✔Comprehensive alphabetic listing of brand name products and a list of manufacturers with
their product
blue section
✔therapeutic index
yellow section
✔a drug, chemical, and pharmacological index to drugs
white section
✔A list of the major products of manufacturers with information on composition, action, uses,
administration, dosage, precautions, contraindications, and supply of each drug.
final section
✔Contains full size color photographs to aid in medication identification
antacid
✔action: counteract hyperacidity in the stomach/used for heartburn and indigestion
side effects: constipation, arrhythmias (IV only)
administered: oral or parenteral
generic/trade names: Calcium Carbonate (Tums) and Ranitidine (Zantac)