CFI Pharmacology

General term for undesirable and potentially harmful drug effect

Drug that binds to its receptor and produces a drug action

drug that binds to its receptor and prevents orther drugs or substances from producing an effect

name that defines the chemical composition of a drug

Situations or conditions when a certain drug should not be administered

Drug that has the potntial for abuse and thus is regulated by law

Exact amount of a drug that is administered in order to produce a specific effect

Chemical substance that produces a change in body function

Intended or indicated uses for any drug

Effective does 50, or dose that will produce an effect that is half of the maximal response

nonproprietary, or common, anme of a drug

Letal dose 50, or dose that will kill 50 percent of the animals tested

Explanation of how a drug produces its effects

drug that can be purchased without the services of a physician

study of drugs

Measure of the strength, or concentration, of a drug required to produce a specific effect

drug for which dispensing requires a written or phone order that can only be issued by or under the direciton of a licensed physician

Specific location on a cell membrane or within the cell where a drug attaches to produce its effect

drug effect other than the therapeutic effect that is usually undesirable but not harmful

Location within the body where a drug exerts its therapeutic effect, often a type of specific receptor

Desired drug effect to alleviate some condition or symptom of disease

Ratio of the LD50 to the ED50

undesirable drug effect that implies drug poisoning; can be very harmful or life-threatening

Patented proprietary name of drug sold by a specific drug manufacturer

Another way to write a fraction when the demominator is 10, 100, 1000, and so on.

bottom number of a fraction; shows the number of parts in a whole

part of a whole

fraction that has a value equal to or greater than 1

number written with both a whole number and a fraction

Top number fo a fraction; shows the part

decimal fraction has a value less than 1

fraction that has a value less than 1

a mathematical equation that expresses the equality between two ratios

The relationship of one number to another expressed by whole number (1:5) or as a fraction (1/5)

substance dissolved in a solvent; usually present in a lesser amount

homogeneous mixture of two or more substances

Liquid portion of a solution that is capable of dissolving another substance