Principles of Pharm Flashcards
What four prehistoric practices influenced pharmacology?
shamanism
animism
spiritualism
divination
Who is the first recorded physician?
Imhotep
Who is the “father of western medicine?”
Hippocrates
Name 2 subcontinental medicine influence on pharmacology.
India (ayurvedic)
China (traditional chinese medicine)
What is the difference between the Rod of Asclepius vs Caduceus?
The Rod of Asclepius is associated with medicine; Caduceus is falsely associated with medicine but is actually representative of commerce/trade.
What is the Materia Medica?
A collection of work throughout history based on botany, medicinal substances, and is a precursor to pharmacology.
Who is the “Father of Toxicology”?
Paracelsus
What did Paracelsus say?
“The dose makes the poison”
What is the purpose of a controlled drug trial?
It evaluates therapeutic claims and prevents worthless patents of medicines.
Pharmacodynamics
What drugs do to the body
Pharmacokinetics
What the body does to the drug
Pharmacogenomics
The correlation between genetic profiling and predictive responses to drugs.
Toxicology
The study of toxin effects on living organisms.
Agonist
A drug that elicits a response when attached to a receptor
Antagonist
Blocks a receptor from functioning
Toxins
Biologic (living organisms)
ex.) mushrooms
Poisons
Non-biologic
ex.) lead
Allosteric
When the drug binds to a site outside of the active site.
Orthosteric
When the drug binds to the active site.