1. Different types of drug names:
Answer chemical name, generic name, trade name
2. Official name
ex: acetaminophen:
Answer generic name
3. Name the manufacturer markets the medex:Tylenol:
Answer Brand (trade) name
4. Effects of the medication on a body system; symptoms the medicationrelieves:
Answer Classifications
5. Medication's desired effect
examples: antibiotics, antihypertensions, oral hypoglycemic, analgesics,antiinflammatory:
Answer therapeutic class
6. The action of the drug
examples: beta blockers, calcium channel blocker:
Answer pharmaceutical class
7. These are predictable and often unavoidableNOT ALLERGIES
examples:
-anti-hypertensive = impotence
-pain meds = constipation, nausea
-antibiotics = diarrhea:
Answer side effects
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