Core Concepts - Chapters 1-5 Flashcards
What are therapeutics?
The branch of medicine concerned with the prevention of disease and treatment of suffering.
Pharmacology
Study of medicine. Derived from Greek words.
What is pharmacotherapy?
Or pharmacotherapeutics, the application of drugs for the purpose Of disease prevention and the treatment of suffering.
WHat are the three categories that therapeutic purposes fall under?
- drugs or medication
- biologics
- complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) therapies.
What is a prototype drug?
The well-understood drug model with which other drugs in its representative class are compared. - by learning characteristics of prototype you can predict the actions and adverse reactions of other drugs in same class.
What are the three basic types of drug names?
Chemical, generic and trade names.
What is a drug?
A chemical agent capable of producing biological responses within the body. These responses may be desirable ( therpeutic) or undesirable (adverse).
What is a medication?
It’s a drug after its been administered. Drugs are considered to be medically therapeutic.
What are biologics?
Agents that naturally produce in an animal cells, by microorganisms, or by the body itself.
Examples are: hormones, monoclonal antibodies, natural blood products and components, interferons, and vaccines.
Biologics are used to treat a wide variety of conditions.
What are Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) therapies?
Is another therapeutic approach. These involve natural plant extracts, herbs, vitamins, minerals, dietary supplements, and many techniques considered by many to be unconventional.
Other therapies: acupuncture, hypnosis, biofeedback, and massage.
What was the first standard of drug regulations used to protect the public?
The formulary, a list of drugs and drug recipes.
What was the first comprehensive drug standards in the United States?
u.s pharmacopeia, established in 1820.
What is a pharmacopeia?
A medical reference summarizing standards of drug purity, strength and directions of synthesis.
What is the food and drug administration (FDA)?
Established in 1988, an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human services. The center for drug evaluation and research (CDER), a branch of the FDA exercises control over whether prescription drugs and OTC drugs may be used for therapy.
What are boxed warnings?
Created by the FDA in order to regulate drugs with “special problems”.