Exam 1: NR293 / NR 293 (New 2024/2025 Update) Pharmacology |Review with Questions and Verified Answers| Complete Guide| 100% Correct | A Grade
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Pharmacotherapeutics
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The clinical use of drugs to prevent and treat diseases
Defines principles of drug actions—the cellular processes that change in response to the presence of drug molecules
Drugs are organized into pharmacologic classes
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acute therapy
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if the patient is critically ill and requires acute intensive therapy
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empiric therapy
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based on practical experience rather than on pure scientific data
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maintenance therapy
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for patients with chronic conditions that don't resolve
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supplemental or replacement therapy
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To replenish or substitute for missing substances in the body
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supportive therapy
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which doesn't treat the cause of the disease but maintains other threatened body systems until the patient's condition resolves
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palliative therapy
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used for end-stage or terminal diseases to make the patient as comfortable as possible.
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Prophylactic therapy
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treatment with antibiotics to prevent an infection
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what is a adverse effect
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undesired, unintended, and often unpredictable responses to medication
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Tolerance:
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decreasing response to repeated drug doses
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Dependence:
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physiologic or psychological need for a drug
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Physical dependence:
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physiologic need for a drug to avoid physical withdrawal symptoms
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Psychological dependence:
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also known as addiction and is the obsessive desire for the euphoric effects of a drug Pharmacotherapeutics
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Pharmacotherapeutics
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Drug interactions
Additive effects
Synergistic effects
Antagonistic effects
Incompatibility
Adverse drug event (ADE)
Adverse drug withdrawal event
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Six Rights of drug administration to prevent errors:
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Right drug
Right dose
Right time
Right route
Right patient
Right documentation
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Medication use process in which errors can occur:
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Prescribing
Dispensing
Administering
Monitoring
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Adverse drug reactions: [Show Less]