Introduction & History of Pharmacology Flashcards

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define extracts

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active compounds found in plants

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2
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the early focus of pharmacology was on…give examples

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natural substances

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3
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who was the German apothecary that we learned about?

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Wilhelm Serturner

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3
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Wilhelm Serturner was important in

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being the 1st person to isolate an ‘active ingredient’ from a medicinal herb/ plant

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4
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what was the 1st active ingredient that was isolated?

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opium

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5
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opium is aka?

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morphine

  • after the Greek God Morpheus the ancient God of sleep and dreams
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6
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list the sources of modern drugs

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plants -> morphine
animals -> insulin
human -> GH
mineral -> iron
microbes -> penicillin
synthetic -> ciprofloxacin

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in the mid 19th century carious physicians ans research scientists recognized the

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  • potency
  • specificity
  • affinity
    OF DRUGS
    for certain TISSUES
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who developed the cell theory postulates in the mid 19th century?

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Rudolph Virchow

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advances in cell biology, chemistry, and pathology, and microscopes allowed Virchow to describe a

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better understanding of cells and their ligands and receptors

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10
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describe Pasteur’s contribution

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described the ‘germ theory’ of disease

- how pathogens cause pathology or disease conditions

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11
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who is considered the father of modern pharmacology

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Oswald Schmeideberg

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12
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Oswald Schmeideberg also correlated the

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chemical structures and receptors w/ resulting effects

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13
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who postulated the existence of receptors?

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Paul Ehrlich

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14
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define a receptor

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a macromolecule that elicits a biological effect after binding to a ‘ligand’

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15
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what is the magic bullet theory?

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selectively targeting receptors of invading organisms, that are not found in the host, will reduce chances of adverse effects

16
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explain drug specificity

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  • drugs go straight to a target receptor
  • a drug will only cause physiological effects if it binds to its receptor
17
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Ehrlich utilized his theory in discovering the first chemotherapeutic agent known as…. what does it treat?

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Salvarsan

  • treats syphilis
18
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define pharmacology

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the study of how drugs exert their effects on living systems

19
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define pharmacodynamics

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what the drug does to the body

20
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define pharmacokinetics

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what the body does to the drug including rates of
- absorption
- distribution
- metabolism
- excretion/elimination

21
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pharmacogenetics is the study of how

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genetic variations give rise to different responses to drugs in a group of people in a population

22
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define pharmacogenomics

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the use of genetic information to guide patient drug therapy on an ‘ individual’ basis

23
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pharmacotherapy is the

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application of drugs for prevention of disease and treatment of suffering

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what are the 2 types of effects of drugs in the body?
1. therapeutic 2. adverse
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therapeutic drug effects are the
desirable response
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adverse drug effects are the
undesirable responses
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describe pharmacovigilance
requires health professionals to stay up to date w/ pharmacological knowledge to provide more effective medical practice
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what is the 5th leading cause of death of inpatients in the U.S.?
Drug-Drug Interactions
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why are there so many similar drugs on the market?
- parallel co-incident development - not identical as differences emerge w/ time - sometimes allergies develop to 1 - unsuspected side effects cause discontinuation - particular indication in sub-group of patients