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| Any substance that when taken into the living organism, that may modify one or more of its functions |
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| Used in Psychosocial illnesses |
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| to modify the functioning of an individual with mental illness by ameliorating the symptoms of the illness. |
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| refers to the legal or official name of a drug. Sometimes categorized as the nonproprietary name of a drug, meaning that it is not trademarked by a commercial drug company. |
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| Pharmocological half-life |
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| refers to the time it for 1/2 of the drug effect to be lost. |
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| Drugs are given three names: |
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| Chemical, Generic, Trade or Brand Name |
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| Penalties for possessing or distributing illegal drugs are: |
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| Administered in a court of law. |
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| are restricted in production. |
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| The simplest and safest method of administration is orally |
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| Once in the bloodstream, the drug is distributed to the liver where it will be transformed into metobolites. |
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| Administered through the intestines |
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| Injections, topical, transdermal |
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| Most common parenteral route in intravenous (I.V.) into a peripheral vein. |
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| Most dangerous. Directly into the artery. |
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| single row of brain capillary endothelial cells that are joined by continuous tight intercellular junctions. |
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| How much of the drug is absorbed into the blood is related to the route of administration and the ability of the drug to cross the barriers. |
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| The two ways that drugs can be removed from the body. |
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| therapeutic reasons for giving the drug |
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| occur as a result of the drug acting in ways other than the desired effect or exaggeration of the therapeutic effect. |
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| given in milligrams or milliliters |
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| when one or more drugs are dissolved in water. |
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| when dissolved in alcohol |
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| when finely divided particles that will not dissolve are placed in a liquid. |
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| refers only to the amount of drug that must be given to obtain a particular response. |
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| refers to a physiological state where discontinuance of a drug causes withdrawal symptoms. |
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| occurs when an individual thinks he or she needs a drug, but shows no withdrawal symptoms when the drug is removed. |
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| is of greatest concern when using antipsychotic drugs. It can result from prolonged usage. |
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