Dr. Levy

6. Highest blood level
7. route by which the drug is absorbed into the circulation via oral or gastric mucosa or the small intestine.
9. Cancer- causing effects
14. The study of natural (plant and animal) drug sources
15. Ratio of a drug's toxic level to the level that provides therapeutic benefits
16. Place where metabolism frequently occurs
20. Unique protective capillary system in the CNS
21. The physiologic reaction of the body to the drug
23. 2 drugs with the same bioavailability and concentration of active ingredients
24. What the drug does to the body
25. Therapy given to prevent an illness during a planned event
26. metabolism of a drug and its passage from the liver into the circulation
27. Study of drugs movement into, within, and out of the body
29. Biologic transformation of a drug

1. Lowest blod level
2. The time a drug concentration is sufficient to elicit a therapeutic response
3. Decreasing response to repeated drug doses
4. Physiologic or psychological need for a drug
5. The transport of a drug by the blood stream to its site of action
8. Main organ for excretion
10. The use of drugs and the clinical indications for drugs to prevent and treat diseases
11. Any characteristic of the patient especially a disease state that makes the use of a given medication dangerous for the patient
12. Route by which a drug is administered intravenously, intramuscularly, subcutaneously etc.
13. The time it takes for one-half of the original amount of a drug to be removed from the body
17. Ratio of the rate of the elimination of a drug to the concentration in ab biological fluid
18. Fetal defects due to medications
19. Drug effects are opposite of each other
22. Effect of 2 drugs that are administered together that have greater effects together than they would apart
23. Extent of drug absorption or how much of the drug will reach the circulation
28. The time it takes for the drug to elicit a therapeutic response