How Drugs Work On The Body Flashcards
Drugs may be classified into categories that:
_ the activity of specific body cells, tissues or organs
Artificially moderate or regulate
Drugs may be classified into categories that:
Combat _ invading body
Virulent organisms
Drugs may be classified into categories that:
Act in place of _ occurring naturally in body
Substances
Drugs may be classified into categories that:
Have an effect on abnormal or malignant _ or _
Cells
Tissue
Certain drugs affect the activity of the body’s cells by influencing maintenance of _
Normal cell function
Cell-regulating drugs aka _
Artificial moderators
Cell-regulating drugs (artificial moderators) can act either on cells throughout entire body, or _
Locally
Cell-regulating drugs (artificial moderators) acting on cells throughout entire body is known as _
Systematically
Some of these artificial moderators enhance or inhibit substances in the cell necessary for _
Energy production
Some artificial moderators enhance or inhibit substance in cell necessary for energy production or _ reactions
Synthetic
Some artificial moderators enhance or inhibit substance in cell necessary for energy production synthetic reactions or other _
Normal cell functions
Artificial moderators often work on _ activity
Enzyme
Artificial moderators often work on enzyme activity, either by _ or _
Inhibiting it
Enhancing it
Example of enzyme activity is allopurinol, used to treat gout because it prevents the formation of _
Uric acid
Gout occurs when _ become painfully swollen
Joints
Joints painfully swollen from gout due to _ collecting around them
Uric acid salts
