CLASSIFICATION OF DRUGS ACCORDING TO USE

Question 1

They alter or modulate the normal physiologic functions
Interaction of drug molecules and cellular components (receptor) alter the functions of the latter.

Answer 1

FUNCTIONAL MODIFIERS

Question 2

Examples of FUNCTIONAL MODIFIERS (4)

Answer 2

Analgesic drugs
Anti-pyretic drug
Anti-inflammatory drugs
Anti-hypertensive drugs

Question 3

They Supplement endogenous substances that are lacking or deficient in the body

Answer 3

REPLENISHERS

Question 4

Examples of REPLENISHERS (2)

Answer 4

Hormones
IV Fluids/Electrolyte/ORS

Question 5

used to determine the presence or absence of a condition/disease

Answer 5

DIAGNOSTIC AGENTS

Question 6

Examples of DIAGNOSTIC AGENTS (5)

Answer 6

Barium Sulfate- GIT imaging
Radiopharmaceuticals
Edrophonium- Tensilon’s test
Dobutamine and Dipyridamole for “Pharmacologic Stress Testing” for CAD and MI.

Question 7

An electrocardiographic test of heart function before, during, and after a controlled period of increasingly strenuous exercise.

Answer 7

Stress Test

Question 8

They are used to kill or inhibit growth of cells considered as foreign to the body

Answer 8

CHEMOTHERAPEUTICS

Question 9

Father of CHEMOTHERAPEUTICS

Answer 9

Paul Ehrlich

Question 10

Follows the principle of “selective toxicity” (The property of certain chemicals to kill one type of organism while not harming another.)

Answer 10

CHEMOTHERAPEUTICS