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Chapter 5 – Using Drugs Therapeutically

 

Textbook: Understanding Pharmacology for Health Professionals Fifth Edition

 

Describe the difference between local and systemic drug effects.

 

Give an example of a drug that can act either locally or systemically to produce a therapeutic effect, depending on the route of administration.

 

Differentiate between a drug’s therapeutic effect and a side effect.

 

List several common side effects that involve the GI tract. List several that involve the central nervous system.

 

How does a toxic effect differ from a side effect?

 

What is the basis for all of the symptoms associated with an allergic reaction?

 

Describe the lock-and-key concept as it pertains to a drug and a receptor.

 

Give an example of a synergistic drug-drug interaction and of an antagonistic drug-drug interaction.

 

To what system of measurement do the words cubic centimeter and millilitre belong?

 

What is the only system of measurement that uses fractions?

 

Name a drug that is measured in units, one that is measure in inches, and one that is measured in milliequivalents.

 

A milliliter is equivalent in volume to a cubic centimeter. True or Flase?

 

Give the English definition of these common abbreviations that pertain to drug doses.

 

a.c

b.i.d.

g

h.s.

mcg

mg

mL

mEq.

p.r.n.

t.i.d.

 

How is a pediatric drug dose calculated for a premature baby?

 

 

How is a chemotherapy drug dose calculated for an individual patient with cancer?

 

 

 

 

Clinical Applications

 

What measurements are being used for these drugs.

a.

b

c.

d.

e.

f.

g.

h.

i.

j.

k.

 

Which of the measurements in your answers to Question 1 are metric weight measurements?

 

Which are metric volume measurements?

 

Which are apothecary measurements?

 

Which are time measurements?

 

Pharmacists place drug warning labels on prescription bottles before giving them to patients. Look at the warning labels on these prescription bottles. See figure 5-20. Write down the wording of each warning. Indicate whether it warns of a drug-drug interaction, a drug-food interaction, or is some other type of warning.

 

 

What directions are given about how to take and how not to take this drug. See figure 5-21.
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