module 1 Flashcards
- the study of drug action.
- It involves looking at the interaction of chemical substances with the systems in our bodies, as well as identifying ways in which our
biological systems affect drugs. - the INTERACTION of drugs and
living organisms.
PHARMACOLOGY
means Drugs /medicine
PHARMAKON
means to study
LOGOS (LOGY)
a chemical substance, [other than food and water] derived from either natural, synthetic, microbial, and other source, presented in different dosage forms used in prevention, diagnosis, relief or alleviate, as supplement [to enhance physical or mental well-being] and treatment or cure of diseases.
DRUG (MEDICINE)
drug treatment of parasitic or neoplastic disease in which the drug has a selective effect on the invading cells or organisms.
CHEMOTHERAPY
every drug is given a __ which is a precise description of its chemical constituents and indicates the arrangement and position of atoms or atomic groups.
- These are long and too cumbersome to remember.
CHEMICAL NAME
drugs are also known by generic, non- proprietary. This is the name given to a drug after it might have been found to be of therapeutic use. It is the name with which the drug is described in official books of reference like pharmacopeias.
GENERIC NAME
It is also the name that is authoritatively accepted by a scientific body.
- easier to read and pronounce than the drug’s chemical name.
GENERIC NAME
- (also known as proprietary or trade name) is the name given to a drug by its manufacturer. A drug may have several brand names, depending on the number of manufacturers.
- Unlike chemical and generic names,
these are easy to remember, short, catchy and most often suggestive of the drug component.
BRAND NAME
name listed in official books or Pharmacopoeia
- It is the same as the generic name.
OFFICIAL NAME
The books containing the standards of drugs and related substances are known as
PHARMACOPOEIAS
collectively these books are known as
DRUG COMPENDIA
The word pharmacopoeia is derived from two Greek words: __
PHARMAKON AND POIEO
USP and NF meaning
UNITED STATES PHARMACOPOEIA
NATIONAL FORMULARY
drug classification: grouping
according to chemical structure.
CHEMICAL CLASSIFICATION
drug classification: grouping according to therapeutic indication.
THERAPEUTIC CLASSIFICATION
Drug that relieves pain.
ANALGESIC
A drug that causes loss of sensation.
ANESTHETIC
drug used in controlling or preventing allergic symptoms.
ANTI ALLERGY
drug that helps
prevent the symptoms of asthma.
ANTI-ASTHMA
drugs that reduce or block histamines, so they stop allergy symptoms.
ANTIHISTAMINES
a medicine (such as penicillin or its derivatives) that inhibits the growth of or destroys microorganisms.
ANTIBIOTIC
a drug used to prevent or reduce or lower an elevated body temperature or fever.
ANTIPYRETIC
are medicines that suppress coughing, also known as cough suppressants.
ANTITUSSIVE