pharmacy Orientation( Sl 1&2)

Question 1

What are three definitions of pharmacy, and where does the word come from?

Answer 1

Pharmacy- Greek word Pharmakon

• General - place/ shop where drugs are sold or
  dispensed
• Professional –profession, members deal with drugs

Art and science of preparing / dispensing
medications and providing drug and related
information to the public

Question 2

What is the definition of Pharmacist

Answer 2

A person who is
educated and
licensed to prepare
and dispense drugs
* Provide drug
related information
to the public

Question 3

Why choose pharmacy?

Answer 3

Dynamic

Diverse employment opportunities

• Flexible work environment
• Comfortable income
• Respected profession

Question 4

Pharmacists- drug experts dealing

with

Answer 4

Preparation
* Identification
* Selection

• Action
• Preservation
• Sales
• Combination
• Analysis
• Standardization
• Use
• Counselling
• Information
  Education
  training

Question 5

what is a Drug?
when we use a drug with examples

Answer 5

Active pharmaceutical ingredient used to
* treat (cure)
* diagnose (barium meal to diagnose inflammation or abnormalities of the foregut and vaccine)
* correct improper function (insulin in case of diabetes )
* or supply body with essential elements (vitamins and minerals

Question 6

كم اسم للdrug وعطيني مثال

Answer 6

brand name ( Adol,Pnadol)
Generac name (paracetamol)
chemical name (N-acetyl-p-aminophenol)

Question 6

Acute and Chronic (explain and examples)

Answer 6

Acute
* sudden onset
* short duration disease or illness
headache

Chronic
* long duration disease or illness
cancer, asthma, diabetes.

Question 7

الفرق بين objective and subjective

Answer 7

objective نقدر نقيسه
subjective ما نقجر نقيسه على حسب ويش قال المريض

Question 8

Allergic Reaction-

Answer 8

sensitivity to a specific substance
* absorbed via skin
* inhaled
* swallowed
* or injected

Question 9

Antibody-

Answer 9

protein produced by immune system in

response to foreign substance in the body

Question 10

Antidote-

Answer 10

a substance or remedy that counteracts effects

of poisons

Question 11

Recreational Drugs-

Answer 11

illegal- used mostly in a social setting for

pleasurable effects instead of medicinal value

Question 12

Symptom

Answer 12

a condition that comes before onset of
disease or illness
▪ an abnormality that provides evidence of
disease existence
▪ Eg. pain fever cough

Question 13

Tolerance

Answer 13

The condition in which the body becomes
unresponsive to a substance after prolonged
exposure

Question 14

Prophylaxis

Answer 14

use of pharmaceutical drugs to prevent disease

Question 15

Half-life

Answer 15

The time required for the drug concentration in
the blood to decrease from 100% to 50%

Drugs with short half time administered frequency
Drugs with long half time require less frequent dosing

Question 16

Compounds-

Answer 16

A substance made from a combination of two or more

substances

Question 17

Contagious-

Answer 17

The time period when an infectious person can

transmit a disease to another person through direct or
indirect contact

Question 18

Contraindication-

Answer 18

An aspect of a patient’s condition that does not fit

with the proposed treatment

Question 19

Controlled release medication

Answer 19

Released and processed gradually in the body over time.

Question 20

Controlled release medication

Answer 20

Released and processed gradually in the body over time.

Question 21

Withdrawal sympto

Answer 21

It is an effect or symptoms that can occur as the result of
suddenly stopping the use of a substance after
prolonged use.
(Anxiety, trouble sleeping)
Ex:Opioids

Question 22

Controlled release medication

Answer 22

Released and metabolized over a period of time in
the body