THE DRUG AFFECTED THE BODY

Exam 1: NR293 / NR 293 (Latest

Update 2025 / 2026) Pharmacology for Nursing Practice | Questions & Answers | 100% Correct | Grade A - Chamberlain

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Pharmaceutics

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Study of HOW VARIOUS DRUG FORMS INFLUENCE THE WAY IN WHICH

THE DRUG AFFECTED THE BODY

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Pharmacotherapeutics

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Clinical use of drugs to prevent and treat diseases

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Pharmakinetics

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Study of WHAT THE DRUG DOES TO THE BODY

• Absorption
• Distribution
• Metabolism
• Excretion

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Tolerance

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Decreasing response to repeated drug class

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Dependence

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Physiologic or psychological need for a drug

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Physical Dependence

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Physiologic need for a drug to avoid physical withdrawal symptoms

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Physiological Dependence

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Also known as addiction; obsessive desire for the euphoric effects of a drug

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Toxicology

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SCIENCE OF THE ADVERSE EFFECTS OF CHEMICALS ON LIVING

ORGANISMS

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Enteral Route

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Drug is absorbed into the systemic circulation through THE ORAL OR

GASTRIC MUCOSA OR SMALL INTESTINE

• Oral (PO)
• Sublingual (SL)
• Buccal
• Rectal (topical)

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Parenteral Route

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• Intravenous (IV - fastest into the blood circulation)

• Intramuscular (IM)

• Subcutaneous

• Can also be intradermal, intraatrial, intrathecal, and intraarticular
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