Dr. Levy

3. What the drug does to the body
4. The time it takes for one-half of the original amount of a drug to be removed from the body
9. Biologic transformation of a drug
12. Ratio of the rate of the elimination of a drug to the concentration in ab biological fluid
13. Unique protective capillary system in the CNS
14. Effect of 2 drugs that are administered together that have greater effects together than they would apart
16. metabolism of a drug and its passage from the liver into the circulation
17. Therapy given to prevent an illness during a planned event
18. The time it takes for the drug to elicit a therapeutic response
19. Physiologic or psychological need for a drug
20. Place where metabolism frequently occurs
22. The transport of a drug by the bloodstream to its site of action
24. Main organ for excretion
25. The physiologic reaction of the body to the drug
26. How the drug gets into the body
27. Highest blood level

1. The study of natural (plant and animal) drug sources
2. 2 drugs with the same bioavailability and concentration of active ingredients
3. Study of drugs movement into, within, and out of the body
5. Ratio of a drug's toxic level to the level that provides therapeutic benefits
6. Any characteristic of the patient especially a disease state that makes the use of a given medication dangerous for the patient
7. Route by which a drug is administered intravenously, intramuscularly, subcutaneously etc.
8. Drug effects are opposite of each other
10. Extent of drug absorption or how much of the drug will reach the circulation
11. Cancer- causing effects
15. Lowest blood level
21. The elimination of drugs from the body
23. Decreasing response to repeated drug doses
25. The time a drug concentration is sufficient to elicit a therapeutic response
28. route by which the drug is absorbed into the circulation via oral or gastric mucosa or the small intestine.