introduction to drugs and pharmacy

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agent use in the diagnosis, mitigation, treatment, cure or prevention of diseases in humans or in other animals

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Drug

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derived from plant or animal sources, as by-products of microbial growth, or through chemical synthesis

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new drugs

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collective distribution of many scientific specialists, including:

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organic
physical
analytical chemists

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Biologic information must be gathered;

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pharmacology
toxicologic features
rate of absorption and distribution
duration of action
elimination

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only difference between a drug and a poison

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dose

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• active pharmaceutical ingredients
• responsible for the therapeutic effects in a product

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Active therapeutic ingredients

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nontherapeutic ingredients

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pharmaceutical ingredients

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instinct of an ancient man to relieve pain of a wound by:

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bathing it in cool water
soothing it with a fresh leaf
protecting it with mud

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believed to have connection with the world of spirits

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apothecary

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from greek word pharmakon

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pharmacy

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remedy/charm used for good or poison, a charm or a drug used for evil

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pharmakon

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most famous surviving artifacts

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ebers papyrus

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ebers papyrus is named after

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Georg ebers

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_____ prescription, ____ drugs

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800
700

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father of medicine

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hippocrates

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• De materia medica
• first to deal with botany

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dioscorides

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• greek pharmacist-physician
• aimed to create perfect system of physiology

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Claudius galen

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field of pharmaceutical preparations

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galenic pharmacy

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most famous of his formulas “galen’s cerate”

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cold cream

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pharmacy and chemistry became united

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Emperor Frederick II

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• swiss physician and chemist
• a specific medicinal agent to combat specific disease

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aureolus theophrastus bombastus von hohenheim

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most famous of all pharmacists

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karl willhelm scheele (1742-1786)

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3 discoveries of karl scheele

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citric acid
lactic acid
oxalic acid

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they isolated quinine and cinchonine

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friedrich serturner
joseph caventou
joseph pelletier

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they isolated caffeine

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pelletier and pierre robiquet

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he independently separated codeine from opium

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pierre robiquet

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organized sets of monographs or books of drug standards

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pharmacopeias/formularies

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comes from the greek pharmakon - drug and polein - make

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pharmacopeia

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must rigidly adhere to the initial standards

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FDA

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• wonder drug
• anti-infective
• not soluble in most common pharmaceutical solvents
• highly toxic agent used in anti-freeze solutions.
• more than 100 people died

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sulfanilamide

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established a legal distinction between prescription and over-the-counter or monoprescription drugs

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Durham-Humphrey Amendment of 1951

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• sedative and tranquilizer
• replace the barbiturates as a sedative

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thalidomide

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thalidomide if given during pregnancy causes:

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phocomelia

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highest safety-related warning

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black box warnings

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fails to conform to the standards

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adulterated

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labeling is false

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misbranded

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protected by the trademark

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patented drug

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didn’t undergo extensive clinical trials

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herbs and supplements

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pharmacist’s contemporary role

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nuclear pharmacy
pharmacotherapy
Ambulatory care
oncology pharmacy
government service

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thalidomide

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kefauver-harris amendments of 1962