We add 5 more drug names to our knowledge.
Pharmacology
Benzodiazepine Pharmacology
Advantages over barbiturates, side effects, dependence, withdrawal, therapeutic uses and a list of them.
Barbiturate Pharmacology
All barbiturates have anesthetic, hypnotic, sedative and anticonvulsant properties.
Miscellaneous Routes of Administration
Rectal, Inhalation, Sublingual/Buccal, Topical, Subdermal
Parenteral Administration (Injectable)
Intravenous (IV): This goes straight into a vein to go into the blood supply immediately. This is the only route of administration where you’re guaranteed 100% absorption. Subcutaneous: This goes underneath the skin into loose connective tissue with a maximum volume of 1 to 2ml. Even 2ml is pushing it as most of the time 1ml is […]
Oral Forms of Medications
We review tablets, capsules, enteric coated, prolonged action, and oral liquid forms
Knowledge of Medication and the 7 Rights
The importance of triple-checking everything and the 7 rights of drug administration.
Introduction to Pharmacology
Intro, federal laws that govern medications, investigational phases for new drugs, types of studies, TJC/JCAHO, and controlled substances.
Drug Abuse
Drug abuse is use of any substance until there is an adverse reaction on health or ability to function. A person has receptors in their body and the receptors are stimulated when they are addicted. When they are no longer stimulated, they go through withdrawal. That’s the physical dependence but the hardest to treat is the psychological dependence […]
Pharmacokinetics
Degree of absorption, volume of absorption (distribution), rate of elimination, factors that influence drug effects, side effects, and allergies.