Pharmacy history

Question 1

what do opioids do

Answer 1

They slow things down and induce euphoria, nothing should be increased (analgesia, reduced gastrointestinal mobility, respiratory depression and euphoria)

Question 2

first college of pharmacy

Answer 2

The Philadelphia college of pharmacy and sciences

Question 3

Who discovered penicillin

Answer 3

Alexander Flemming in 1928 (from mold)

Question 4

when was Ptcb created

Answer 4

in 1995

Question 5

what was the first man made (synthetic) antibiotic

Answer 5

sulfonamides

Question 6

First ever pharmacy

Answer 6

New Orleans

Question 7

Which antibiotic can cause photo sensitivity
(mix w/ antacids)

Answer 7

Quinolones

Question 8

Which antibiotic causes teeth discoloration

Answer 8

Tetracyclines

Question 9

Cutting into a skull in order to release a disease

Answer 9

trephining

Question 10

what were diseases believed to be caused by in the past?

Answer 10

Evil spirits

Question 11

Who is Asclepius

Answer 11

The greek god of healing

Question 12

What was the most common form of treatment?

Answer 12

Prayer

Question 13

Who is the father of medicine

Answer 13

Hippocrates

Question 14

the four elements that must be in balance for good health (history)

Answer 14

wet, hot, dry, cold

Question 15

Which system was linked to which element?

Answer 15

Blood = air, Phlegm = water, yellow bile = fire
Black bile = earth

Question 16

Who created laudanum

Answer 16

Paracelsus

Question 17

Why did Aristotle dissect animals

Answer 17

Because it was illegal to dissect people

Question 18

When was the microscope invented

Answer 18

1590

Question 19

herbal remedies

Answer 19

Garlic for bronchial tubes, liverwort for liver problems, wine&pepper for stomach, tiger fat for joints

Question 20

why should patients include herbal remedies when asked what they’re taking?

Answer 20

Because the herbs could interact with the medications and cause issues for them or the HCWs

Question 21

Which organisms are still used in medicine

Answer 21

leeches for blood letting and Maggots for eating dead skin cells

Question 22

Early american remedies

Answer 22

cinchona bark for malaria and Mercury for Syphilis

Question 23

Who discovered the anthrax vaccine

Answer 23

louis pasteur

Question 24

How many scored questions on the pharmacy test

Answer 24

90 scored, 10 un-scored, 1hr 50 min for the test itself

Question 25

what do community pharmacists do?

Answer 25

counsel patients