Navy Hospital Corpsman, HCB Test 3

what relates to the chemical and molecular structure? it is important to pharm. chemist but rarely used bcuz of its complexity - Answer- chemical name any condition which makes a particular treatment or procedure inadvisable - Answer- contraindication any substance, other than food, used in the prevention, diagnosis, alleviation, tx, or cure of disease - Answer- drug often derived from the chemical name - Answer- generic name abnormal sensitivity, a condition in which there is an exaggerated response by the body to the stimulus of a foreign agent - Answer- hypersensitivity the basis for initiation of a tx for a disease or of a diagnostic test - Answer- indication largest amount of medication that can be given without reaching the toxic effect - Answer- maximum dose MTF - Answer- Medical Treatment Facility a drug that contains opium, derivatives of opium or several semi synthetic drugs with opium-like activity - Answer- opiate pertaining to natural and synthetic chemicals that have opium-like effects similar to morphine - Answer- opioid state of being freely open or exposed - Answer- patency science concerned with drugs , their sources, appearance, chemistry, actions and uses - Answer- pharmacology The branch of pharmacology that deals with the preparation, dispensing, and proper use of medications is? - Answer- pharmacy a comprehensive book listing of drug products for medical professionals (PDR) - Answer- physicians desk reference science of treating a disease by any method that will relieve pain, treat or cure diseases and infections or prolong life - Answer- therapeutics The study of poisons, their actions, detection and treatment of conditions produced - Answer- toxicology proprietary n