Module 1

Question 1

Who is Louis Hebert?

Answer 1

the first Canadian apothecary (pharmacist) born in Paris and officially immigrated to Quebec city in 1617

Question 2

What is the focus of pharmacology now?

Answer 2

to relieve suffering and improve quality of life

Question 3

Definition of pharmacology

Answer 3

the study of medicines

Question 4

What are the 4 factors of complexity?

Answer 4

1. Large volume of drugs
2. Each dug has its own characteristics
3. Each drug may have more than one indication
4. Drugs elicit different responses depending on individual factors

Question 5

Definition of pharmacotherapy

Answer 5

the administration of drugs to prevent disease or treat suffering

Question 6

Definition of EBM

Answer 6

evidence based medicine -> making decisions according to well designed and conducted research

Question 7

Definition of drugs

Answer 7

chemical agent capable of producing a biological response -> medication is a medically therapeutic drug

Question 8

What are biologics?

Answer 8

medications produced using biological processes in living organisms produced through a number of indicate steps

Question 9

What is a natural health product?

Answer 9

vitamins, minerals, herbal remedies, homeopathic traditional medicine -> can have clinically significant effects on the body including side effects and drug interactions

Question 10

What are the 3 phases of clinical trials ?

Answer 10

Phase I = 20-100 healthy human volunteers in the study
Phase II = 100-300 volunteers with the disease that drug should treat
Phase III = 1000-3000 volunteers with the disease that drug should treat

Question 11

What are patents?

Answer 11

The period of exclusivity where pharmaceutical companies determine the price of a medication

Question 12

What does bioequivalent mean?

Answer 12

The rate and extent to which the active ingredient is absorbed from a drug product and becomes available at the site of drug action to produce its effect

Question 13

What is therapeutic drug classification?

Answer 13

organizing drugs according to their therapeutic usefulness in a treating of a particular disease

Question 14

What is pharmacological drug classification?

Answer 14

organizing drugs according to the way a drug works at a molecular level, tissue and body systems level

Question 15

What is the mechanism of action of a drug?

Answer 15

how a drug produces its effect on the body

Question 16

What is the chemical name of a drug?

Answer 16

the direct description of the chemical structure = chemical makeup

Question 17

What is the Generic name of a drug?

Answer 17

the unique name given to a chemical structure

Question 18

What is the brand/trade name of a drug?

Answer 18

the marketed name given to a drug (Ex. advil)

Question 19

Rule for brand names vs. generic names

Answer 19

companies must keep the same medicinal ingredients but can change the rest

Question 20

What is a controlled substance?

Answer 20

any drug in whose manufacture, possession/use is regulated by government

Question 21

what is Federal drug scheduling?

Answer 21

the regulation of: control, import, export, production, distribution and possession of a drug

Question 22

What is Provincial drug scheduling?

Answer 22

• Schedule I = need a prescription
• Schedule II = without a prescription but behind the counter
• Schedule III = without prescription but only in a pharmacy
• unscheduled = available anywhere