Prelim Chapter 1 Introduction Flashcards
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According to book:
The study of substances that interact with living systems through chemical processes, especially by binding to regulatory molecules and activating or inhibiting normal body processes.
PHARMACOLOGY
Simplify:
Is the study of drugs
Pharmacology
From the greek word Pharmakon means—- and logos means——-
Pharmakom means drug
Logos means study
Pharmacology is the study of drug
Simplify:
For you what is pharmacology?
Pharmacology is the study of drugs, when we say we are studying about the drug, we are studying “EVERYTHING ABOUT THE DRUG” so it includes its mechanism of action, how are body respond when we take the drug and also its toxic effect!
The science of substances used to prevent, diagnose and treat disease.
Medical Pharmacology
The branch of pharmacology that deals with the undesirable effects of chemicals on living systems, from individual cells to humans to complex ecosystems.
TOXICOLOGY
Its the study of toxic
TOXICOLOGY
The science of drug preparation and the medical use of drugs – the precursor of pharmacology
Materia Medica
Precursor of Pharmacology
Materia Medica
Two General Principles: understand the concept first!
1.All substances can under certain circumstances be toxic, and the chemicals in botanicals (herbs and plant extracts) are no different from chemicals in manufactured drugs except for the proportion of impurities
- All dietary supplements and all therapies promoted as health-enhancing should meet the same standards of efficacy and safety as conventional drugs and medical therapies.
Answer the missing: All substances can under certain circumstances be toxic, and the chemicals in——— (herbs and plant extracts) are no different from chemicals in manufactured drugs except for the——————
All substances can under certain circumstances be toxic, and the chemicals in botanicals (herbs and plant extracts) are no different from chemicals in manufactured drugs except for the proportion of impurities
Answer the missing: All dietary supplements and all therapies promoted as health—————should meet the same standards of—— and ——- as ———- drugs and medical therapies.
All dietary supplements and all therapies promoted as health-enhancing should meet the same standards of efficacy and safety as conventional drugs and medical therapies.
Also known as Pharmacogenetics
Pharmacogenomics
The study of the genetic variations that cause differences in drug response among individuals or populations.
Pharmacogenomics
What do you understand by when i say Pharmacodynamics and Pharmacokinetic?
Pharmacodynamic what the drug does to the body
Pharmacokinetic what the body does to the body
What the drug does to the body
Pharmacodynamics
Keywords to remember: mechanisms of drug actions
What the body does to the drug
Pharmacokinetic
Keywords to remember: absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion of a drug
the biochemical and physical effects of drugs and the mechanisms of drug actions
Pharmacodynamics
the absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion of a drug
Pharmacokinetics
the use of drugs to prevent and treat disease.
Pharmacotherapeutics
a scientific name that precisely describes its atomic and molecular structure.
Chemical Name
•Nonproprietary name
•Abbreviation of the chemical name
Generic Name
•Brand name/ Proprietary name
•Selected by the drug company selling the product
•Protected by copyright
Trade Name
Identify if Chemical Name/Generic Name/Trade name
Paracetamol
Generic name