Lesson 1 Flashcards
greek word for drugs
Pharmakon
is ascience that deals with the study of drugs and their actions on living organisms
Pharmacology
A substance recognized by an official pharmacopoeia or formulary.
FDA definition
A substance intended for use in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease.
FDA definition
A substance (other than food) intended to affect the structure or any function of the body.
FDA definition
are the approaches to drug therapy
Therapeutic methods
What are the 4 drug therapy?
- Treatment with drugs
- Treatment by diet (ex. Low salt)
- Physiotherapy (Tx with natural or physical forces such as light, water and heat)
- Psychological therapy : identification of stressors and methods to reduce stress/and or use of drugs
are chemical substances that have an effect on living organisms
DRUGS
droog (dutch) means dry
are those drugs used in the prevention or treatment of diseases
Therapeutic drugs are often called medicines
concerned with the botanical sources of drugs
Pharmacognosy
body of techniques involved in the preparation, compounding and dispensing of drugs for medical use. Also preservation and storage of drugs
Pharmacy
is the study of action of drugs in living tissues . It is concerned with the response of the tissues to the chemical agent used with the absorption to excretion and fate of the chemical agent in the body
Pharmacodynamics
is the study of uses of drugs in the treatment of the sick
Pharmacotherapeutics
is the study of the poisonous effects that may be produced by drugs. It deals with the symptoms of poisoning, with the treatment and identification of poisons.
Toxicology
1o rights of drug administration
- Right Patient
- Right Drug
- Right Dose
- Right Time
- Right Route
- Right Education
- Right to Refuse
- Right Assessment
- Right Evaluation
- Right Documentation
Foods, Drugs, Medical Devices and Cosmetics Act
Republic Act 3720
Generics Act
RA 6675
Act Prohibiting Counterfeit Drugs
RA 8203