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Chemical name of drug Relates to the chemical and moldcular structure. Contraindication Any condition which makes a particular treatment or procedure inadvisable. Drug Therapeutic agent; any substance other than food, used in the prevention, diagnosis, alleviation, treatment, or cure of a disease...

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HCB 102- UNIT 3 TEST QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
Chemical name of drug ✅Relates to the chemical and moldcular structure.

Contraindication ✅Any condition which makes a particular treatment or procedure
inadvisable.

Drug ✅Therapeutic agent; any substance other than food, used in the prevention,
diagnosis, alleviation, treatment, or cure of a disease.

Generic name ✅nonproprietary name of a drug assigned by the government; common
name of medication

Hypersensitivity ✅Abnormal sensitivity; an exaggerated response by body to stimulus
of foreign agent

Indication ✅Basis for initiation of a treatment for a disease or of a diagnostic test

Maximum dose ✅Largest amount of medication that can be given without reaching
toxic level.

MTF ✅Medical Treatment Facility

Opiate ✅A drug with morphine like effects, derived from opium.

Opioids ✅Pertaining to natural and synthetic chemicals that have opium-like effects
similar to morphine; not derived from opium.

Patency ✅State of being freely open or exposed

Pharmacology ✅Science concerned with drugs, their uses, sources, appearance,
chemistry, and actions on body.

Pharmacy ✅Branch of pharmacology dealing with the preparation, dispensing, and
proper use of medication.

Physician's Desk Reference (PDR) ✅A comprehensive book-listing of drug products
for medical professionals

, Therapeutics ✅Science of treating disease by any method that will relieve pain, treat
or cure diseases and infections, or prolong life.

Toxicology ✅Study of poisons, their actions, their detection, and the treatment of the
conditions produced by them.

Trade/Brand name ✅Propriety name given by a manufacturer.

Usual/ Therapeutic Dose ✅Normal adult dose, usual dose, or average dose; amount
needed to produce the desired therapeutic effect.

Antacids ✅Used to counteract hyperacidity in the stomach

Antiflatulant ✅relieves gas and bloating in GI tract

Antibiotic ✅Soluble substance derived from mold or bacterium that kills or inhibits the
growth of other microorganisms.

Anticoagulant ✅Agents that prevent or delay coagulation (clotting) of the blood by
interfering with the formation of necessary clotting factors.

Antidiarrheal ✅used to control diarrhea

Antidiabetic ✅used to manage diabetes

Antidysrhythmics ✅Combating arrhythmia (abnormal heart rhythm)

Antiemetic ✅drug that prevents or stops vomiting

Antifungals ✅kill fungi that infect the skin

Antihistamines ✅medicines that help control the effects triggered by histamines.

Antihypertensive ✅a medication administered to lower blood pressure of
hypersensitive patients

Antitussives ✅suppress cough

Antipsychotics ✅Helpful in the treatment of psychosis and have capacity to improve
thought disorders

Cathartics ✅Promote bowel movement

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