Week 1 Flashcards
What part of the cow is used as a drug and what drug
Pancreas to make insulin for antidiabetic hormone
What part of the ox is used
The lungs is used to make heparin for anticoagulants
Pig?
Intestines is used for heparin
What is a recombinant dna
This is the dna from 2 different sources of dna
What is radical treatment
This treatment aims at completing completing the cure rather than making the symptoms relief
Palliative treatment
Eases the system rather than treating the main cause
The amount of drug administered at one time is
Dose
In naming drugs which nomenclature is used preferably
The generic name
Francois magendie and his student claude bernad developed ?
The methods of experimental physiology and pharmacology
What is synthetic drug
A drug made from traditional source and chemical source
Example of semi synthetic drug
Homatropine and ampicillin
A drug formed from recombinant dna technology
Human insulin and recombinant hepatitis vaccine
Properties of an effective drug
Effectiveness- most important
Safety and selectivity
The word pharmakon means
Remedy and poison
Drug action can be divided into
Dose-dependent effect, selectivity and reversible effect
In medical terms what is indication
It means the use of tgat drug for treating a particular disease
Enteral drug administration (oral ) advantages and disadvantages
It is easy to use
It’s easily self administered
Limits systemic infections
Disadvantages
It can be exposed to harsh gi environments
Advantages of parenteral administration
They have the highest bioavailability
They are not subject to first pass metabolism
They have the most control over the dose of drug
The three major parenteral routes
Intravascular , intramuscular and subcutaneous
