Week 1- Pharmacology introduction Flashcards
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From the greek word “pharmakon” meaning drugs and “logos” meaning science. It can be defined as the study of drugs and their interactions with living system?
PHARMACOLOGY
It is the science of preparing and dispensing drugs including dosage form?
PHARMACEUTICS
It is derived from the root word “pharma” which means drugs and “kinetics” which means movement or motion. It is the rate of drug distribution among various body compartments after a drug has entered the body?
PHARMACOKINETICS
It comes from the word “pharmaco” which means drugs and “dynamics” that means change. It is the study of biochemical and physiology interactions of drugs at their site of activity. It can be thought as the impact of drugs in the body?
PHARMACODYNAMICS
It is defined as the use of drug to diagnose, to prevent, and to treat disease or to prevent pregnancy. Can be defined simply as the use of drugs?
PHARMACOTHERAPEUTICS
It is the study of drugs that can be obtained from natural plants and animal resources. Plant or other natural sources as a possible source of drugs.
PHARMACOGNOSY
Is a medical reference summarizing the standards of drug purity, strengths, and directions for synthesis?
PHARMACOPOEIA
It is the scientific discipline studying how the effect of a drug action varies from a predicted drug response because of genetic factors on heredity influence.
PHARMACOGENETICS
Is from the Dutch word “droog” meaning “dry”. These are chemicals that are introduced into the body to bring about some sort of change. Any chemical that can affect living processes?
DRUG.
It is a substance administered for a diagnosis, cure, treatment, or relief of a symptom or prevention of a disease?
MEDICATION
Written direction for the preparation and administration of a drug
MEDICAL PRESCRIPTION
Or desired effect. It is the primary intended, that is the reason the drug is prescribed?
THERAPEUTIC EFFECT
It is a severe type of allergic reaction that involves the massive, systematic release of histamine and other chemical mediators of inflammation that can lead to threatening shock?
ANAPHYLAXIS
Are the physiologic effects not related to desired drug effects. It is the secondary effect of a drug and is one that is unintended?
SIDE-EFFECT
Are more severe than side-effects that cause mild to severe side effects?
ADVERSE EFFECT
It refers to decreased responses over the course of therapy? Less response to drugs?
DRUG TOLERANCE
Pharmacology is the study of the?
- Actions
- Mechanisms
- Uses
- Adverse effect
It is the branch of medicine concerned with the prevention of disease and treatment of suffering?
THERAPEUTICS
Or pharmacotherapeutics, is the application of drugs for the purpose of disease prevention and the treatment of suffering?
PHARMACOTHERAPY
These are natural plant extracts, herbs, vitamins, minerals, and dietary supplements. These include unconventional techniques?
ALTERNATIVE AGENTS
These are agents naturally produced in animal cells, microorganism or by the body itself?
BIOLOGIC AGENTS
What are sources of drugs?
- Natural Sources
- Synthetic Sources
What are the 3 natural sources of drug?
- PLANTS
- ANIMAL PRODUCTS
- INORGANIC COMPOUNDS
___ are an important source of chemicals that are developed into drugs?
PLANTS
These are used to replace human chemicals that fail to be produced because of disease or generic problems?
ANIMAL PRODUCTS