Intro To Pharmacology

Question 1

Clinical pharmacology

Answer 1

The study of drug action in man and is the academic discipline that provides the scientific basis for safe, effective and rational prescribing

Question 2

Prescription drugs

Answer 2

Major tool used by the NHS to restore the health of individual patients, prevent disease and improve public health

Question 3

Drug

Answer 3

A single chemical substance with pharmacological effects on the body

Question 4

Medicine

Answer 4

A substance or mixture of substances used in restoring or preserving health

Question 5

Prescribing

Answer 5

A written order, which includes detailed instructions of what medicine should be given to whom, in what formulation and dose, by what route, when, how frequently and for how long

Question 6

Cost of prescriptions to the NHS

Answer 6

£17 billion/ year or 10% of all healthcare costs

Question 7

Number of prescriptions per year in England/Wales

Answer 7

1,000,000,000

Question 8

Uses of drugs

Answer 8

Treating life threatening diseases, treating risk factors, lifestyle drugs, hedonistic enjoyment

Question 9

Poly pharmacy

Answer 9

Multiple drug interactions -> how to manage patients on multiple drugs without making them more ill