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What is the areas of Pharmacokinetics?
- Absorption, Distribution, Metabolism, and Excretion
- (All dynamic processes; all take place at same time)
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What is Parmacology?
The study of drugs and the effects they exert on the body
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What is Toxicology?
- The study of adverse or harmful effects of drugs on the body
- All medications are toxic at a high enough dose
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What is Therapeutics
The study of disease states and the medications used to treat those disease states
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Hypertension directly increases..?
E) All of the above
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The "Silent Killer" & the most common disease state in the US?
Hypertension
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Without blood circulation, ___ & ___ would not get to vital organs
oxygen food
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Average systolic pressure over diastolic pressure?
120/80
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___ delivers drugs to their site of action
Blood
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Pre-hypertension
systolic 120-139 diastolic 80-89
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Stage 1 hypertension
140-159 or 90-99
See Doc monthly until goal reached, then every 3 to 6 months
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Stage 2 Hypertension
160 or higher or 100 or higher
See Doc monthly until goal reached, then every 3 to 6 months
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one in ___ Americans has elevated blood pressure
three
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