Week 14 Blog #2

Blog #2: 

Week 14 April 4-10

Saturday, April 9, 2016

2p-10p 8 Hours Interned
Sunday, April 10, 2016
2p-10p 8 Hours Interned

Starting next week, I will be going into my third and final objective of this internship which is

3. After being provided with a list of the 12 most commonly prescribed drugs at our facility, Robin will be able to verbally demonstrate knowledge of their pharmacotherapeutics, pharmacodynamics, and adverse effects.

I have been provided a list from Grane Pharmacy (the pharmacy in which Saint Louise Convent gets their medications from) and will be writing about the top 12 prescribed at Saint Louise Convent. To start off, we need to know what some of the words in the objective to properly identify what is expected. Pharmacotherapeutics and pharmacodynamics are really long words! So what do they mean? Pharmacotherapeutics is defined as “the study of therapeutic uses and effects of drugs” according to Merriam-Webster. In essence, what the drug does for you. And Pharmacodynamics is defined as “the branch of pharmacology concerned with the effects of the drug and the mechanism of their action” according to Merriam-Webster. In essence, the biochemical and physiological effects of the drug in the body. This is also known as the drugs mechanism of action. In essence, how the drug works in the body. Again, a lot of info, but we will get through this. I have 2 more weeks of the semester and 12 drugs to write about as part of this objective. So for each post I will talk about 3 drugs and their pharmacotherapeutics and pharmacodynamics and then we will be done!  Almost there guys!