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PHARMACOLOGY EXAM 1 STUDY GUIDE  Drugs that PRODUCE a response? o Agonist  Drugs that PREVENT a response? o Antagonist  Therapeutic WINDOW is what? o Level of the drug between minimal e... ffective concentration in the plasma for obtaining desired drug response and the minimal toxic concentration  The time it takes for ½ of the drug concentration to be eliminated from the body is called? o Half life  What is a patient on two highly protein bound drugs at risk for o Accumulation and toxicity o A decreased responsiveness over the course of therapy which may lead to the need to increase dosages to attain the same effect tolerance  What is it called for drugs to share many common features o Classification or class  What makes drugs fit into the same “class” o Related by chemical structure o Work in the same way o Used for the same purpose  Another name for antagonist? o Adrenergic blocker  Who do you not give antagonist or adrenergic blocker to? o Asthma client  Beta blockers commonly seen in what clients? o Hypertension  Antagonist suffix o LOL  Antagonist S/S o Decreased HR o Rest and digest o Bronchospasm  Agonist S/S o Increased HR, Fight or flight, Vasoconstriction, Increase blood sugar  Before administering antagonist what do you check o HR and BP  Cholinergic o Salivate, Lacrimation, Urinate, Defecate, Decreased weight  Anticholinergic o Can’t see, pee, spit, poop, and increase HR  What type of drug is Reglan? [Show More]

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