Across
- 2. this interaction occurs when two or more drugs interact with each other
- 4. the process by which drugs move around the body.
- 6. this interaction occurs when a drug interacts with something you eat or drink.
- 7. most commonly used system of measurement.
- 8. number of the level that describes the drug's therapeutic effect.
- 11. the process by which drugs leave the body.
- 12. Decreased response to the drug.
- 13. When the patient needs the drug to function normally.
- 15. number of the level that describes the general chemical properties of the drug.
- 18. number of the level that describes the mechanism/mode of action.
- 19. When the patient no longer receives the drug and continues to not have side effects.
- 20. Process by which a drug enters the circulatory system (blood).
Down
- 1. Medicines that need to be prescribed by an authorized person such as nurses, pharmacists, physiotherapists, doctors.
- 3. this interaction occurs when a medication interacts with an existing health condition.
- 5. number of the level that describes the organ system the drug treats.
- 9. Administration routes that are (into the gastrointestinal tract) are oral and rectal.
- 10. number of the level that describes the chemical components that make up the drug.
- 14. Administration routes that are not into the gastrointestinal tract.
- 16. Drugs sold in a community or hospital pharmacy and in an isolated shop that is licensed to sell such drugs.
- 17. the process by which drugs are chemically altered to make them sufficiently water-soluble for excretion in urine or faeces (via the biliary tract).