Herbal medicine Flashcards
Herbal medicines defined in the TAMA law to include the following statements, except
A. Are finished labeled product containing parts of plants (underground roots, etc)
B. Combined with chemically defined active substances or isolated concentrates
C. May contain excipients in addition to active ingredients
D. Herbal medicines may be in the crude state or plant preparations
B
Herbal medicine is defined as finished, labeled medicinal products that contain as active ingredients, aerial or underground part/s of plant or other materials or combination thereof; whether in the crude state or as plant preparations. It may contain excipients in addition to active ingredients. Whenever any synthetic or pure chemical is present as an active ingredient in an herbal preparation, that is not a herbal medicine
FDA Act of 2009 defines drugs as
A. Articles intended to affect the structure of any function of the body
B. Articles intended for use in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, and treatment of man or other animals
C. Include food supplements, devices, or their components, parts , etc.
D. A and B only
D
RA 9711 of FDA of 2009 defined drugs as:
A. Articles that cure, mitigate, prevent, treat, and diagnose disease states in humans and animals
B. Processed food that alter physiological states of humans and animals
C. Processed herbal products
D. AOTA
A
In AO 172 S2004, Herbal Medicine is defined as:
A. Finished labeled products
B. Containing active ingredients whether in crude state or as plant preparation
C. Contain plant material including juices, gums, fatty oils
D. AOTA
D
Requirement of Philippine FDA for herbal medicines except:
A. Standard limits (e.g. Aflatoxin limits, microbial limits)
B. Organoleptic characterictics and macroscopic appearance
C. Mutagenicity and toxicity studies
C
True of the legal requirements for herbal medicines:
a. allowed to have active ingredients, excipients, and isolates from the same plant
b. Plant authentication for the source of the herbal medicine from FDA-recognized taxonomist
c. should abide by the limits set on heavy metals, aflatoxin, pesticide residue, etc.
d. should submit pre-clinical toxicity studies (both short and long term)
A
The RA No. 9502, the Universally Accessible Cheaper and Quality Medicines Act of 2008 defines drugs and medicines
A. as any chemical compound and biological substances other than food, intended for use in the treatment, prevention or diagnosis of disease in humans or animals
B. as any article other than food intended to affect the structure or any function of the human body or animals
C. to include herbal and/or traditional drugs which are the articles of plants or animals origin used in folk medicine which are recognized in the Philippines National Drug Formulary
D. All of the above
D
Pre-Clinical Testing of drugs and herbal products using animal
A. An Institutional Animal Research Committee should be established to ensure compliance with the ethical and technical requirements.
B. Investigators and other personnel shall be appropriately qualified and experienced for conducting procedures on living animals. The personnel should be given protection from zoonotic diseases and inappropriate exposure to hazardous chemicals and substances.
C. For surgical or other painful procedures, it is no longer needed to give anesthesia on animals paralyzed by clinical agents.
D. a and b only
D
Complementary medicine
a. Implies that these modalities are performed as an adjunct to and not simply in place of conventional western medicine
b. Refers to a drug used to complement the main therapeutic agent
c. One in which western and alternative modalities are used together
d. all of the above
e. none of the above
A
Integrative medicine
a. Implies the use of traditional medicine and western medicine together
b. Traditional medicine used to complement western medicine
c. Traditional medicine used in place of conventional western medicine
d. all of the above
e. none of the above
A
Alternative medicine
a. Usually wholistic in approach
b. Usually not taught in medical school
c. Implies that this is an alternative to western medicine
d. all of the above
e. none of the above
D
Herbal medicine
a. no proven therapeutic effect b. also used by western practitioners c. used by traditional healers only d. AOTA e. NOTA
B
Homeopathy
a. originated from the orient b. no scientific proof of effectiveness in any disease condition c. uses drugs that are serially diluted to extremely low concentration d. AOTA e. NOTA
C
Acupuncture
a. uses the yin & yang concept b. has been scientifically validated for some ailments c. is not practiced by medical doctors in the Phil d. AOTA e. NOTA
D
Drugs used in conventional western medicine that had been derived from plants used in traditional med
a. colchicine b. digitalis c. aspirin d. AOTA e. NOTA
D
