IMPORTANT PHARMACOLOGICAL TERMS:
•Antagonism
-The opposition between 2 or more medications ex. narcotics and Naloxone
•Bolus
-A single, often large dose of a drug. Often the initial dose
•Cumulative action
-An increased effect caused by multiple doses of the same drug. Caused by buildup in the blood.
•Hypersensitivity
-A reaction to a drug that is more profound than expected and which often results in an exaggerated immune response
•Idiosyncrasy
-A reaction to a drug that is significantly different from what is expected
•Indication
-The medical condition for which the drug has proven therapeutic value.
•Parentral
-any route of administration other than digestive tract
•Pharmacodynamics
- study the mechanism by which drugs act to produce biochemical or physiological changes in the body
•Pharmacokinetics
- study of how drugs enter in the body reach their site of action and are eliminated from the body
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