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pharmacy vocab from unit 10/11

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first pass metabolism
the substantial degradtion of an orally administered drug caused by enzyme metabolism in the liver before the drug reaches the systemic circulation
enzyme induction
the increase in hepatic enzyme activity that results in greater metabolism of drugs
pharmaceutical alternative
drug productthat contain the same active ingredient but not necessarily in the same salt form amount or dosage form
enzyme inhibition
the decrease in hepatic enzyme activity that result in reduced metabolism of drugs
enzyme induction
a complex protein that catalyzes chemical reaction
therapeutic equivalent
pharemaceutical equivalents that produce the same effects in patients
pharamaceutical equivalent
drug products that contain identical amounts of the same active ingredient in the same dosage form
adverse effect
an unintended side effet of a mediaction that is negative or in some way injurious to a patients health
enterohepatic cycling
the transfer of drugs and their metabolites from the liver to the bile in the gallbladder, then into the intestine and the back into circulation
metabolite
the substance resulting from the body,s transformatin of an adminitered drug

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