Across
- 3. Lowest blod level
- 4. Route by which a drug is administered intravenously, intramuscularly, subcutaneously etc.
- 5. Unique protective capillary system in the CNS
- 8. The transport of a drug by the blood stream to its site of action
- 12. route by which the drug is absorbed into the circulation via oral or gastric mucosa or the small intestine.
- 14. Ratio of a drug's toxic level to the level that provides therapeutic benefits
- 19. Any characteristic of the patient especially a disease state that makes the use of a given medication dangerous for the patient
- 20. Physiologic or psychological need for a drug
- 21. Drug effects are opposite of each other
- 22. The time it takes for one-half of the original amount of a drug to be removed from the body
- 23. Effect of 2 drugs that are administered together that have greater effects together than they would apart
- 24. The time a drug concentration is sufficient to elicit a therapeutic response
Down
- 1. Decreasing response to repeated drug doses
- 2. Therapy given to prevent an illness during a planned event
- 4. The use of drugs and the clinical indications for drugs to prevent and treat diseases
- 6. The time it takes for the drug to elicit a therapeutic response
- 7. Extent of drug absorption or how much of the drug will reach the circulation
- 9. What the drug does to the body
- 10. Study of drugs movement into, within, and out of the body
- 11. 2 drugs with the same bioavailability and concentration of active ingredients
- 13. The study of natural (plant and animal) drug sources
- 15. Highest blood level
- 16. metabolism of a drug and its passage from the liver into the circulation
- 17. Fetal defects due to medications
- 18. Ratio of the rate of the elimination of a drug to the concentration in ab biological fluid