CHAP 1

Question 1

The study of substances that interact with living systems through chemical processes, especially by binding to regulatory molecules and activating or inhibiting normal body processes.

Answer 1

PHARMACOLOGY

Question 2

The science of substances used to prevent, diagnose and treat disease.

Answer 2

MEDICAL PHARMACOLOGY

Question 3

The branch of pharmacology that deals with the undesirable effects of chemicals on living systems, from individual cells to humans to complex ecosystems.

Answer 3

TOXICOLOGY

Question 4

The science of drug preparation and the medical use of drugs – the precursor of pharmacology

Answer 4

Materia Medica

Question 5

-Pharmacogenetics
-The study of the genetic variations that cause differences in drug response among individuals or populations.

Answer 5

Pharmacogenomics

Question 6

It is the absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion of a drug

Answer 6

Pharmacokinetics

Question 7

It is the biochemical and physical effects of drugs and the mechanisms of drug actions

Answer 7

Pharmacodynamics

Question 8

it is the use of drugs to prevent and treat disease.

Answer 8

Pharmacotherapeutics

Question 9

It is a scientific name that precisely describes its atomic and molecular structure.

Answer 9

Chemical Name

Question 10

-Nonproprietary name
-Abbreviation of the chemical name

Answer 10

Generic Name

Question 11

-Brand name/ Proprietary name
-Selected by the drug company selling the product
-Protected by copyright

Answer 11

Trade Name

Question 12

-Family
-Drugs that share similar characteristics

Answer 12

Pharmacologic Class

Question 12

It is a Groups drugs by therapeutic use

Answer 12

Therapeutic Class

Question 13

Give me one example of Pharmacologic Class

Answer 13

Beta-adrenergic blockers

Question 13

Give me one example of Therapeutic Class

Answer 13

Antihypertensives

Question 14

Where drugs come from?

Answer 14

Plants
Animals
Minerals

Question 15

The earliest drug concoctions from plants used everything: the leaves, roots, bulbs, stems, seeds, buds and blossoms.

Answer 15

Old-Fashioned Medicines

Question 16

It is the most active component in plants, react with acids to form a salt that can dissolve more readily in body fluids (Ex: Atropine, Nicotine)

Answer 16

Alkaloids

Question 17

it is also an active component in plants (Ex: Digoxin)

Answer 17

Glycosides

Question 18

it give products the ability to attract and hold water (Ex: Seaweed extractions)

Answer 18

Gums

Question 19

________of which the chief source is pine tree sap, commonly act as local irritants or as laxatives

Answer 19

Resins

Question 20

________ thick and sometimes greasy liquids, are classified as volatile or fixed

Answer 20

Oils

Question 27

are produced by living cells and act as catalysts, such as pancreatin and pepsin

Answer 27

Enzymes

Question 28

__________are suspensions of killed, modified, or attenuated microorganisms

Answer 28

Vaccines

Question 29

Give me the 3 Medical Springs

Answer 29

Iron
Iodine
Epsom salt

Question 30

Drugs produced in the laboratory

Answer 30

Down to DNA

Question 31

Give me 5 Routes of Administration

Answer 31

•buccal, sublingual, translingual
•gastric
•intradermal
•intramuscular
•intravenous
•oral
•rectal and vaginal
•respiratory
•subcutaneous
•topical

Question 32

Any substance that brings about a change in biologic function through its chemical actions

Answer 32

Drug

Question 33

•activator
•has affinity to the receptor and intrinsic activity

Answer 33

AGONIST

Question 34

•Inhibitor
•has affinity only

Answer 34

ANTAGONIST

Question 35

•specific molecule in the biologic system that plays a regulatory role and where the drug molecule interacts

Answer 35

RECEPTOR

Question 36

•may interact directly with other drugs

Answer 36

Chemical Antagonists

Question 37

_________
•Drugs that have almost exclusively harmful effects

_________– “the dose makes the poison”

Answer 37

poisons

paracelsus

Question 38

_________
•Poisons of biologic origin (ie. synthesized by plants and animals, in contrast to inorganic poisons such as lead and arsenic)

Answer 38

TOXINS