Dr. Levy

8. Biologic transformation of a drug
10. Main organ for excretion
11. How the drug gets into the body
13. The transport of a drug by the blood stream to its site of action
15. route by which the drug is absorbed into the circulation via oral or gastric mucosa or the small intestine.
17. Ratio of the rate of the elimination of a drug to the concentration in ab biological fluid
18. Any characteristic of the patient especially a disease state that makes the use of a given medication dangerous for the patient
19. Drug effects are opposite of each other
21. The use of drugs and the clinical indications for drugs to prevent and treat diseases
22. The time it takes for the drug to elicit a therapeutic response
26. Cancer- causing effects
27. Fetal defects due to medications
28. metabolism of a drug and its passage from the liver into the circulation
30. Place where metabolism frequently occurs
31. Therapy given to prevent an illness during a planned event

1. What the drug does to the body
2. Highest blood level
3. Unique protective capillary system in the CNS
4. The time a drug concentration is sufficient to elicit a therapeutic response
5. Route by which a drug is administered intravenously, intramuscularly, subcutaneously etc.
6. The study of natural (plant and animal) drug sources
7. Effect of 2 drugs that are administered together that have greater effects together than they would apart
9. Decreasing response to repeated drug doses
12. Study of drugs movement into, within, and out of the body
14. The elimination of drugs from the body
16. Extent of drug absorption or how much of the drug will reach the circulation
20. Ratio of a drug's toxic level to the level that provides therapeutic benefits
23. Physiologic or psychological need for a drug
24. The physiologic reaction of the body to the drug
25. 2 drugs with the same bioavailability and concentration of active ingredients
29. Lowest blod level
32. The time it takes for one-half of the original amount of a drug to be removed from the body