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Essential Pharmacology Guide for Medical Professionals

This comprehensive guide covers basic terminology, dosage calculations, administration routes, legal considerations, and more in the field of pharmacology. It includes information on prescription details, drug categories, pharmacodynamics, and pharmacokinetics.

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Essential Pharmacology Guide for Medical Professionals

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  1. BASIC PHARMACOLOGY Generic Brand Name

  2. Categories Label Terminology Abbrevi-ations Law Administra-tion Conversions Dosage Objectives

  3. Categories • Action on body • General effect • System affected

  4. Prescription number Patient name MD name Drug name Amount Dosage Route Refills Issue and expiration dates Cautions Labels

  5. Pharmaceutic Pharmaco-dynamics Pharmaco-kinetics Efficacy Indication Opioid Toxicology Vaccine Terminology

  6. QD, BID, TID, QID, q_h NPO PO gtt PRN STAT ss, i, iv, v, x IM, IV, SQ, SL Abbreviations

  7. Legal Considerations • FDA • DEA • OTC • Controlled • Prescriptions

  8. Buccal Intradermal Intramuscular Intravenous Inhalation Oral Ophthalmic Otic Rectal Subcutaneous Topical Administration

  9. Seven “Rights” • Patient • Drug • Dose • Time • Route • Technique • Documentation

  10. 1 cc = 15 gtts, 1 ml 30 cc = 1 oz 500 cc = 1 pt 1000 cc = 1 qt, 1 liter 60 mg = 1 gr 1000 mg = 15 gr Conversions

  11. Dosage Calculation • Ratio Method – Formula: ? is to known as X is to unknown. • 1 oz: 30 cc = 8 oz : X cc • Multiply ends, then middles, separate by = sign and solve for X.

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