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MAR ✔✔Medication Administration Record
Diversion ✔✔illegally taking medications intended for use by a resident.
Ethics ✔✔moral values
code of ethics ✔✔no gifts or favors, doing the right thing when no one is watching.
drug ✔✔a chemical substance that once introduced into the body, becomes a medicine, intended to promote chance in the body
Pharmacology ✔✔a study of the effects of drugs on the body
pharmacotherapeutics ✔✔Branch of pharmacology. this is a study of beneficial and adverse effects of drugs.
analgesics ✔✔drugs that relieve pain
antibiotics ✔✔drugs that destroy microorganisms or inhibit their growth
antidiabetic agents ✔✔drugs that prevent or treat diabetes
antidiarrheals ✔✔drugs used to prevent diarrhea
antiemetics ✔✔Drugs that help prevent or relieve nausea and vomiting
antihistamines ✔✔medications used to block allergic reactions
antiinfective ✔✔any agent used to fight infection( antibiotic, antiviral, anti-fungal)
antilipidemics ✔✔statins: any drug used to lower fats in the blood
antipsychotics ✔✔a group of drugs used to treat psychosis; same as neuroleptic
antipyretics ✔✔medications that reduce fever
antitussives ✔✔relieve or suppress coughing by blocking the cough reflex in the medulla of the brain
beta blockers ✔✔used to block beta-andrenergic actions; Drugs that are used to control heart rate and that have a calming and relaxing effect.
placebo effect ✔✔results caused by expectations alone: client's attitude about what to expect from the drug has also proven to influence its effects
Chemical name ✔✔Name that explains the exact description of the drug's chemical makeup
✔✔Drug not protected by a trademark (for example, furosemide)
Trade name ✔✔
indications ✔✔reasons to do a specific treatment; reasons for using a drug
physician's drug order ✔✔establishes the legal basis as well as the medical need for the drug.
therapeutic effect ✔✔When a drug's action changes the client's response to illness in a positive way
drug tolerance ✔✔Drugs given over time may no longer affect the client as some drugs meet resistance by the body and must be given in increasing doses, or amounts, in order to provide the same therapeutic effect.
potentiate ✔✔enhance; Drugs given over time may no longer affect the client as some drugs meet resistance by the body and must be given in increasing doses, or amounts, in order to
provide the same therapeutic effect. This is known as drug tolerance, a term most often associated with narcotics or other mind-altering drugs. To combat this, narcotics may be combined with other drugs that enhance, or potentiate, the effect and, at the same time, decrease the amount of narcotic needed by the client. Another term used in this regard is that the drug has an additive effect
antagonist ✔✔
Paradoxical ✔✔when drugs, for unknown reasons, have an opposite effect than that intended for their purpose. An example of a paradoxical effect is increased agitation after a sedative
Side effect ✔✔Unintended effect of a drug, usually transient (impermanent, lasting a very short time).
ADR ✔✔
