Lesson 1 Flashcards
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It is any substance (with the exception of food and water) which, when taken into the body, alters the body’s function either physically and/or psychologically
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DRUG
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- plant leaves, flowering tops, hashish, opium and marijuana.
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Natural
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- drugs that are products by laboratories
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Synthetic
4
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drugs requiring written authorization from a doctor before they can be purchased.
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Prescriptive drugs
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- are non-prescription medicines, which may be purchased form only any pharmacy or drugstore without written authorization from a doctor.
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Over- the - Counter drugs (OTCs)
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Are plant substances that have drug effects and whose use is not generally regulated by the law.
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Herbal Drugs
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- Are commercial products that have a psychoactive drug effects but are not usually considered drugs. E.g. Tobacco; Alophol
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Unrecognized Drugs
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- Are commercial products that have a psychoactive drug effects but are not usually considered drugs. E.g. Tobacco; Alophol
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Unrecognized Drugs
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- These are drugs whose sale, purchase or use is generally prohibited by law.
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Illicit Drugs
10
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- it is the amount of drug taken at one time.
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Dose
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- it refers to the amount needed to treat or heal, that is, the smallest amount of drug that wil produce a therapeutic effect
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Minimal
12
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- it pertains to the largest amount of drug that will produce a desired therapeutic effect, without any accompanying symptoms of toxicity.
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Maximal
13
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- it is the amount of drug that produces untoward effects or symptoms of poisoning
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Toxic
14
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- the amount needed to produce the side effects and action desired by an individual who improperly uses it.
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Abusive
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the amount of drug that will cause death
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Lethal
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the amount of drug that will cause death
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Lethal
17
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- a substance wrich when taken into the human body cures illness and/or relieves signs/symptoms of disease.
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Medicinal drugs
18
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- these are drugs that relieve pain. However, they may produce the opposite effects an somebody who suffers from peptic uicer or gastric irritation.
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Analgesics
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- drugs that combat or contro; infectious organisms. Ingesting the same antbiotics for ; long time can result to allergic reactions and cause resistance to the drug.
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Antibiotics
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- those drugs that can lower body temperature or fever due to infection.
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Antipyretics
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- those drug that control or combat allergic reactions.
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Antihistamines
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- these are drugs that prevent the meeting of the egg cell and sperm cell or prevent the ovary from releasing egg cells.
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Contraceptives
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- drugs that relieve congestion of nasal passages.
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Decongestants
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- they can ease the expulsion of mucus and phlegm from the lungs and throat.
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Expectorants
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- drugs that stimulates defecation and encourage bowel movement
Laxatives
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- these are drugs that can calm and quite the nerves and ratiere-deprasion, anxiety without causing depression and clouding of the mind.
Sedatives and tranquilizers
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- those substances necessary for normal growth and development and proper functioning of the body.
Vitamins
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- when too much of a drug is taken into the physiological system of the human body, there may be an extension of its effects.
Overdose
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- some drugs cause the release of histamines giving rise to allergic symptoms such as dermatitis, swelling, falls in blood pressure, suffocation and death.
Allergy
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- it refers to the individual reaction to a drug, food, etc, for unexplained reason.
Idiosyncrasy
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- drugs are chemicals and some of them have the property of being general protoplasmic poisons.
Poisonous property
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- some drugs are not receptors for one organ but receptors of other organ as well. The effects in the other organs may constitute a side effect, which are most of the time unwanted.
Side effects
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- This is the safest most convenient and economical route whenever possible. The drug is taken by the mouth and must pass through the stomach before being absorbed in the bloodstream. This is the most common, ways of taking drugs.
Orally
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- A drug in Gaseous form enters the lungs and is quickly absorbed by the capillary system. It is probably the second most commonly employed drug administration.
Inhalation
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- the drug is injected just below the surface of the skin. This is sometimes called as "skin popping"
Subcutaneous
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- administration involves the injection of a drug into a large muse mass that has a good blood supply, such as the gluteus maximus, quadriceps or triceps.
Intramuscular
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- this is the most efficient means of administration which involves depositing a drug directly to the blood stream. This is also the most rapid drug administration.
Intravenous
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- Inhalation of drugs through the nose. It is done by inhaling a powder or a liguid drug into the nasal coats of the mucous membrane.
Snorting / Insufflation
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- Drug is placed in the _______ cavity just under the lips. The active ingredients of the drug are absorbed in the blood stream through the soft tissues lining the mouth. party drug
Buccal
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- Drug is administered through the vagina or rectum in a suppository form and the drug is absorbed into the blood stream.
Suppositories
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- This refers to the application of drugs directly to a body site such as the mucous membrane.
Topical
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- These are drugs that are attended by risk and therefore unsafe, perilous, and hazardous to people using it.
dangerous drugs
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These are strictly prohibited that possession of them is punishable (RA 9165 Art. 2 Sec. 11).
dangerous drugs
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simply means as the study of how a drug affects the body.
Pharmacology
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are cassified as Narcotics, Stimulants (uppers), Depressants (downers), Hallucinogens.
dangerous drugs
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When was the enactment of RA 9165?
June 7, 2002
