Lesson 1

Question 1

It is any substance (with the exception of food and water) which, when taken into the body, alters the body’s
function either physically and/or psydhologically.

Answer 1

Drug

Question 2

• plant leaves, flowering tops, hashish. opium and marijuana

Answer 2

Natural

Question 3

-drugs that are product by laboratory

Answer 3

Synthetic

Question 4

• drugs requiring written authourization from a doctor before they can be purchased,

Answer 4

Prescriptive drugs

Question 5

are non-prescription medicines, which may be purchased form only any pharmacy or drugstore without written authorization from a doctor.

Answer 5

Over- the - Counter drugs (OTCs) -

Question 6

• Are plant substances that have drug effects and whose use is not generally regulated by the law

Answer 6

Herbal Drugs

Question 7

-Are commercial producs that have a psychoactive drug effects but are not usually considered drus

Answer 7

Unrecognized Drugs

Question 8

-it is the amount of drug taken at one time.

Answer 8

Dose

Question 9

• it refers to the amount needed to treat or heal, that is, the smallest amount of drug that will produce a therapeutic effect.

Answer 9

Minimal

Question 10

• it pertains to the largest amount of drug that will produce a desired therapeutic effect, without any accompanying symptoms of toxicity.

Answer 10

Maximal

Question 11

• the amount needed to produce the side effects and action desired by, an individual who improperty uses it.

Answer 11

Abusive

Question 12

• the amount of drug that will cause death.

Answer 12

Lethal

Question 13

• a substance which when taken into the human body cures illness and/or relieves signs/symptoms of disease.

Answer 13

Medical drugs

Question 14

• these are drugs that relieve pain. However, they may produce the opposite effects on somebody who suffers from peptic ulcer or gastric imitation.

Answer 14

Analgesics

Question 15

• drugs that combat or control infectious organisms. Ingesting the same antibiotics for a long time can result to allergic reactions and cause resistance to the drug.

Answer 15

Antibiotics

Question 16

• those drugs that can lower body temperature or fever due to infection

Answer 16

Antipyretics

Question 17

• those drug that control or combat allergic reactions.

Answer 17

Antihistamines

Question 18

• these are drugs that prevent the meeting of the egg ceil and sperm cell or prevent the ovary from releasing egg cells.

Answer 18

Contraceptives

Question 19

-drugs that relieve congestion of nasal passages.

Answer 19

Decongestants

Question 20

• they can ease the expulsion of mucus and phlegm from the lungs and throat.

Answer 20

Expectorants

Question 21

• drugs that stimulates defecation and encourage bowel movement

Answer 21

Laxatives

Question 22

• these are drugs that can calm and quite the nerves and relieve anxiety without causing depression and clouding of the mind.

Answer 22

Sedatives and tranquilizers

Question 23

• those substances necessary for normal growth and development and proper functioning of the body

Answer 23

Vitamins

Question 24

• when to mudh of a drug is taken into the phrysiological system of the human body, there may be an extension of its effects.

Answer 24

Overdose

Question 25

• some drugs cause the release of histamines giving rise to allergic symptoms such as dermatitis, swelling, falls in blood pressure, suffocation and death.

Answer 25

Allergy

Question 26

• it refers to the individual reaction to a drug, food, etc, for unexplained reason.

Answer 26

Idiosynarasy

Question 27

drugs are chemicals and some of them have the property of being general protoplasmic poisons.

Answer 27

Poisonous property -

Question 28

-some drugs are not receptors for one organ but receptors of other organ as well. The effects in the other organs may constitute a side effect, which are most of the time unwanted.

Answer 28

Side effects

Question 29

• the science of poisons, their effects and antidotes.

Answer 29

Toxicology

Question 30

This is the safest, most convenient and economical route whenever possible. The drug is taken by the
mouth and must pass through the stomach before being absorbed in the bloodstream. This is the most common ways of taking drugs

Answer 30

Orally

Question 31

A drug in gaseous form enters the lungs and is quickly absorbed by the capillary system. It is probably the second most commonly employed drug administration.

Answer 31

Inhalation

Question 32

Drug is administered to the body by the use of syringe or hypodermic needle

Answer 32

Injection

Question 33

• the drug is injected just below the surface of the skin.

This is sometimes called as “skin popping”.

Answer 33

Subcutaneous

Question 34

• admiistation iwolves the injection of a drug into a farge musde mass that has a good blood supply, such as the gluteus maximus, quadriceps or triceps.

Answer 34

Intramuscular_

Question 35

• this is the most efficient means of administration which involves depositing a drug directly to the blood stream. This is also the most rapid drug administration.

Answer 35

Intravenous

Question 36

It is done by inhaling a powder or a liquid drug into the nasal coats of the mucous membrane

Answer 36

Snorting / Insufflation

Question 37

Drug is placed in the buccal cavity just under the lips. The active ingredients of the drug are absorbed in the blood stream through the soft tissues lining the mouth.

Answer 37

Buccal

Question 38

-Drug is administered through the vagina or rectum in a suppository form and the drug is absorbed into the blood stream.

Answer 38

Suppositories

Question 39

• This refers to the application of drugs diredtly to a body site such as the mucous membrane.

Answer 39

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