Lehnes Pharmacotherapeutic Pharmacology Review

Lehnes Pharmacotherapeutic

Pharmacology Review

Understand pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics and pharmacotherapeutics (Chapter 1)

-          Pharmacodynamics: the movement of drugs throughout the body; how drugs affect the body (receptors binding)

-          Pharmacokinetic: How the body affects the drugs; Absorption, Distribution, Metabolism, and Excretion.

-          Pharmacotherapeutics: The use of drugs to diagnose, prevent or treat disease, or prevent pregnancy

Properties of an ideal drug (Chapter 1)

-          Effective, Safe, and Selective - Main properties

-         Reversible, predictable, low cost, no drug-drug interactions, simple generic name, easy administration, chemically stable.

-          No drug is really ideal

6 rights of drug administration (Chapter 2)

-     Right patient, right medication, right dose, right route, right time, right documentation.

Routes of administration and benefits of each (Chapter 4)

-          Oral