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Medication administration terminologies

1. BID - twice daily

2. OD - once daily

3. TID - three times a day

4. QID - four times a day

5. a.c. - before meals

6. .c. - after meal!. "# - hours of slee$ at bedtime

%. QOD - e&ery other day

Terminologies on efects o drug

1. Theraeutic e'ect - the rimary e'ects intended$ that is the reason the dru(

is rescribed. )*a desired e'ect

2. #ide e'ect - the e'ect of the dru( that is unintended. )*a secondary e'ect

+. Dru( aller(y - the immunolo(ic reaction to the dru(

,. )nahylactic reaction - a se&ere aller(ic reaction which usually occurs

immediately followin( administration of the dru(5. Dru( tolerance - a decreased hysiolo(ic resonse to the reeated

administration of a dru( or chemically related substance. cessi&e increase

in the dosa(e is re/uired in order to maintain the desired theraeutic e'ect

6. 0umulati&e e'ect - it is increasin( resonse to the reeated doses of a dru(

that occurs when the rate of administration eceeds the rate of metabolism or

ecretion

!. Idiosyncratic e'ect - it is uneected eculiar resonse to the dru(. It is either

o&er resonse$ under resonse$ di'erent resonse than eected$

unredictable or unelained resonses

%. Dru( abuse - inaroriate inta*e of a substance$ either continually or

eriodically

. Dru( deendence - it is a ersons reliance to ta*e a dru( or a substance.

Intense hysical or emotional disturbance is roduced if the dru( is withdrawn

13. )ddiction - it is due to biochemical chan(es in the body tissues$ esecially the

ner&ous system. These tissues come to re/uire the substance for normal

functionin(. )*a hysical deendence

11. "abituation - it is the emotional reliance on a dru( to maintain a sense of well-

bein( accomanied by feelin(s of need or cra&in(s for the dru(. )*a

sycholo(ical deendence

12. Dru( interaction - e'ects of one dru( are modi4ed by the rior or concurrent

administration of another dru($ thereby increasin( or decreasin( the

harmacolo(ical action

1+. Dru( anta(onism - conoint e'ect of two dru(s is less than the dru(s actin(

searately

1,. #ummation - the combined e'ect of two dru(s roduces a result that e/uals

the sum of the indi&idual e'ects of each a(ent

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15. #yner(ism - the combined e'ects of dru(s is (reater than the sum of each

indi&idual a(ent actin( indeendently

16. otentiation - the concurrent administration of two dru(s in which one dru(

increases the e'ect of the other dru(

Reference: Udan, 2009, Mastering Fundamentals of Nursing, 3rdEd.

reared by7 Fitz Gerald V. Jaminit, BSN, RN, CNN, MN!"V#"$S Counselor, $ia%etes &ducator

809 133 :ecturer - amantasan n( :un(sod n( asi(