Unit 1.1 Flashcards
History of Pharmacology
a 20 volume book from the 13th century Persia/Iran and one of three societies critical to development of medicine
Al-Hawi
a medical document from 1550 b.c. with 700_ recipes originating in Egypt and one of three societies critical to development of medicine.
Ebers Papyrus
the earliest documentation in 1st century discussing yin-yang and acupuncture and one of three societies critical to development of medicine.
The Yellow Emperors’ Inner Classic (The Chinese)
ancient practices of health remedies when plants, minerals & animals were the only resources available.
Alternative Medicine
destructive and :oxic drug used to fight and/or destroy cancer.
antineoplastic
domestic cow used as a drug source
Bovine
drug that cures or treats a problem
Curative
drug that helps diagnose a disease or condition
Diagnostic
Dutch origin: meaning “dry” in reference to herbs
Droog
drug that treats patient symptoms
Palliative
study of individual candidate genes as a powerful tool to explain intra-individual variability in drug response.
Pharmacodynamics
Greek word used for medicine
Pharmakon
the study of drugs and their origin, nature, properties and effects on living organisms.
Pharmacology
domestic pig used as a drug resource
Porcine
pertaining to prevention
Prophylactic
restoration of something depleted or missing
replacement
related to or made by synthesis; artificially prepared
synthetic
what hindered ancient society cures illnesses of illnesses and made remedies dangerous
little knowledge was known about the human body and treatment was trial and error
what factors defined modern medicine in 19,20,21st centuries (healers, U.S. soldiers in WWII and modern pharmacology
therapeutic plant chemicals were identified and their pure and active ingredients isolated; however, this was labor intensive and mass production of penicillin after WWI treated broad infections in WWII reducing the death rate to 1% vs 18%. 21st century pharmacogenetics regarding patient’s genetic material allowed for customization of treatments and predictability of patient response to specific treatment.
example of bovine sourced drug
insulin
Sources and examples of drugs
synthetic (natural substances used as template to create an equivalent - hydrocordone, barbiturate), plants (cocoa plant - novocain) bovine porcine - (insulin ) minerals (iodine - goiter, potassium chloride for heart, magnesium sulfate for constipation) animals (
