Drug Safety
Across
- 2. Checking patient response to a drug
- 4. The prescribed amount of a medication
- 7. When two drugs affect each other’s action
- 9. The strongest FDA safety warning
- 10. Official instructions and warnings on a medicine
- 11. Removal of a drug due to safety concerns
- 15. How the body breaks down medications
- 17. Immune reaction triggered by a medication
- 18. Taking more than the recommended drug amount
- 20. Authorization from a clinician to use a drug
- 21. Dependence on a substance
- 22. Following medication instructions correctly
- 26. Severe, life‑threatening allergic reaction
- 28. Non‑brand version of a medication
- 30. Reduced response requiring higher doses
Down
- 1. An unintended reaction to a medication
- 3. Time for drug concentration to reduce by half
- 5. A condition where a drug should not be used
- 6. Preparing and giving medication to a patient
- 8. Approved list of medications for use
- 12. Consistent, correct use of medication
- 13. Harmful effects caused by excessive drug levels
- 14. How a drug enters the bloodstream
- 16. Strength of a drug’s effect
- 19. Drug‑induced calming or drowsiness
- 23. Incorrect or unsafe use of medication
- 24. How well a drug produces the desired effect
- 25. How the body removes a drug
- 27. Monitoring medicines for adverse effects after approval
- 29. How a drug spreads through the body