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Choose one topic. Provide a response to the following prompts, and then engage in a discussion with your peers. 

Common Drugs and Prescribing Medication

Choose five common drugs to present to the class, identifying their chemical name, generic name, and trade name, plus their pharmacologic and therapeutic classifications. Discuss how the Affordable Healthcare Act (ACA) has changed the process of prescribing of medication.

Therapeutics and Pharmacotherapy

Discuss five different examples of therapeutics and pharmacotherapy and how they maintain a healthy lifestyle or prevent disease or prevent complications of the disease.

Comparing Efficacy and Potency

• Compare the efficacy and potency of furosemide and hydrochlorothiazide. Discuss your findings. OR

• Compare the efficacy and potency of morphine, heroin, and Demerol. Discuss your findings.

Drug Attachment

• Explain to the other students what happens when a drug attaches to a receptor in the cellular plasma membrane. OR

• Explain what happens when a drug attaches to an intracellular molecule.

This activity will be graded using the discussion rubric. Please use the rubric as a guide when you are creating your initial discussion post and peer responses. Your responses should address all criteria in the discussion rubric and contribute to the overall knowledge of the learning community. 
This activity is tied to:

• Course Objective 6: Explain the applications of pharmacodynamics to the nursing practice.

• Course Objective 7: Compare and contrast therapeutics and pharmacology.