intro to pharmaco Flashcards
basic terms; study of drugs and their interaction iwth living systems
pharmacology
encompasses the physicala chemical properties of drugs incluing theeir bichemical and physilogic effects
pharmacology
chemical that can affect living processes
drugs
study of drugs in humans + in sick patients as well as healthy individuals/volunteers during new drug development
clinical pharmaology
use of drugs to dagnose, prevent, or treat disease;
pharcamotherapeutics/therapeutics
medical use of drugs
therapeutics
oldest soruce of drug
plant
one of the major source of drugs utilizing specific body parts, organs, blood and even bodily secretions
animal soruce
metallic minerals in mineral soruces
gold, zincm iodine, iron, silver
non metallic soources
fluorine, slenium, petroluem
from micrboes/bacteria and their compositions, byproducts,or secretions, fungi, etc.
microbiological soruces
chemical produced dervied from naturl sources and checmical structure is manipualted
semi-/syntehtic
clevages of dna material
recombinant dna
insertion of gentic materials into bacterial cultures
recombinat dna
how well a drug elicits the desierd response
effectiveness
T/F; law requres all drugs be proven effective prio to market release
treu
at which a drug cannot produce any harmful effects
safety
T/F: there is a safe drug
false
drug only elicit desired response it was prescribed
selectivity
amount of drug needed tooproduce an effect
potency (strenght)
T/F: drug potency depedns on affinity of drug for recpetor (binding)
t
T/F: drug potency does not depends on efficaicy (ability to produce an effect )
f
whtehr an intervetion produces the expected results under ideal circumstnaces
efficacy
pparameter tht measure the degree of beneficia effect under “real world” clinical settings
effectiveness
waht dangerous drugs listed as
comprehensive dangerous drugs act of 2002
supplied only on special DOH prescription form (yelow rx)
dangeorus drugs (DD, Rx)
suppled on ordinary prescrition omrs wth S-2 licensed nmber
controlled drgus (EDD, Rx)
medicines can only be obtined w/ a valid prescription
prescription medication (Rx)
must only be taken by the person from who they are prescried
prescription medication (Rx)
can be puchaed from any licensed retailer (superamrket; genral sales drug)
non-prescription (Non-Rx)