INTRO TO DRUGS AND PHARMACY Flashcards
a medicine or other substance which has a physiologic effect when ingested or otherwise introduced into the body.
DRUG
Therapeutic agent; any substance, other than food, used in the prevention, diagnosis, alleviation, treatment, or cure of disease.
DRUG
a substance recognized by an official pharmacopeia or formulary.
a substance intended for use in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease. other than food intended to affect the structure or any function of the body
DRUG
Drug Actions/Uses
ANALGESIC/ANTIPYRETIC/ANTI INFLAMMATORY
ANESTHETICS
ANTIHYPERTENSIVE
ANTINEOPLASTIC
ANTIPSYCHOTIC
CARDIAC DRUGS
DIURETICS
ANTIBACTERIAL
ANTIVIRAL
DRUGS FOR COUGHS AND COLDS
HEMOSTATICS
GIT DRUGS
DRUGS FOR RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES
Before the dawn of history, ancient man learned from?
INSTINCT
practitioners of healing in this era (about 2600 B.C.) were priest, pharmacist, and physician, all in one
Pharmacy in Ancient Babylonia
Pharmacy in Ancient Babylonia
practitioners of healing in this era (about 2600 B.C.) were ___, ____, and _____ all in one
priest, pharmacist, and physician
era from which an emperor who sought out and investigated the medicinal value of several herbs
Pharmacy in Ancient China
era from which an emperor who sought out and investigated the medicinal value of several herbs