1-3 Week Flashcards
Any chemical that can affect living process
Drug
Study of drugs
Pharmacology
Study of drugs in humans
Clinical pharmacology
Use of drugs to diagnose, prevent, or treat disease.
Therapeutics
It is the systematic naming of drugs.
Drug nomenclature
3 types of drug names:
*Chemical name
*generic name
*trade name/propriety name
The name with exact molecular formula of drug or chemical structure
Chemical name
Official, nonpriety; not owned by a drug company and is universally accepted
Generic name
Chosen by drug company and usually a registered trademark
Brand name
Prescribed by legal health practitioners
Prescription drugs
May be acquired w/o prescription order. Over the counter
Nonprescription Drug
Discovered drugs but are not financialy viable; have not been adopted by any drug company
Orphan drug
Can be abused drugs, same with illegal drugs but with prescription
Investigational drugs
Street drgds and are used ilegally
Elicit drugs
Three phases of drug action:
*pharmaceutic
*pharmacokinetic
*pharmacodynamic