Unit 1 Introduction to Drugs and Pharmacy

Question 1

What is a drug?

Answer 1

1. Article recognized in the official Pharmacopoeia and Formularies
2. Article intended for use in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease in humans or animals
3. Article other than food intended to affect the structure or any function of the human body or animals
4. Article intended for use as a component of any articles specified in clauses not including devices or their components, parts, or accessories
5. Herbal and/or traditional drugs which are articles of plant or animal origin used in folk medicine

Question 2

Sources of drugs

Answer 2

1. PLANT SOURCES
2. AS BY-PRODUCTS OF MICROBIAL GROWTH
3. CHEMICAL SYNTHESIS
4. MOLECULAR MODIFICATION
5. BIOTECHNOLOGY

Question 3

Digoxin

Answer 3

Digitalis lanata

Question 4

Camphor

Answer 4

Cinnamomum camphora

Question 5

Penicillin

Answer 5

Penicillium chrysogenum

Question 6

Gentamicin

Answer 6

Micromonospora purpurea

Question 7

CHEMICAL SYNTHESIS

Answer 7

Cyclophosphamide

Question 8

MOLECULAR MODIFICATION

Answer 8

Cephalosporins

Question 9

BIOTECHNOLOGY

Answer 9

Epoetin alfa

Question 10

What is a Dosage Form?

Answer 10

1. The physical form, in which a drug is produced, manufactured and dispensed to a patient.
2. The physical form of a dose of a chemical compound used as a drug or medication intended for administration or consumption by a patient.

Question 11

Common Dosage Form

Answer 11

SYRUPS
CAPSULES
TABLETS
SUPPOSITORIES

Question 12

Camphor Therapeutic Use

Answer 12

rubefacient

Question 13

Cyclophosphamide Therapeutic Use

Answer 13

Antineoplastic

Question 14

Epoetin alfa indication

Answer 14

Treatment for anemia

Question 15

Stimulate the cardiac muscle.

Answer 15

Digoxin

Question 16

Stimulate the CNS

Answer 16

alfetamine

Question 17

Stimulate the Gastrointestinal Tract

Answer 17

metoclopramide
domperidone
bisacodyl
(Prokinetics)

Question 18

Reduce cardiac output

Answer 18

propranolol
atenolol
(Beta-blockers)

Question 19

CNS Depressant

Answer 19

amobarbital
butabarbital
phenobarbital
(barbiturate)

diazepam
lorazepam
Clonazepam
(benzodiazepines)

Question 20

Relax GIT smooth muscles

Answer 20

loperamide
diphenoxylate
(antidiarrheals)

Question 21

Can cause mydriasis

Answer 21

Atropine from Atropa belladonna

Question 21

Can cause miosis

Answer 21

pilocarpine

Question 22

Can render the blood more coagulable

Answer 22

Vitamin K
Clotting factors # 8 and 9

Question 23

Can render the blood less coagulable

Answer 23

heparin
warfarin

Question 24

Reduce serum cholesterol

Answer 24

atorvastatin fluvastatin

Question 25

Increase the flow of urine

Answer 25

Thiazide diuretics

Question 26

decrease the flow of urine

Answer 26

vasopressin

Question 27

Reduce pain

Answer 27

Aspirin celecoxib (NSAIDs)

Question 28

Reduce Fever

Answer 28

Paracetamol

Question 29

Reduce gastric acidity

Answer 29

Magnesium Hydroxide Aluminum Hydroxide (Antacids)

Question 30

Reduce motion sickness

Answer 30

meclizine (Antiemetics)

Question 31

Reduce blood pressure

Answer 31

Beta blocker Calcium channel blocker ACE inhibitor Diuretics

Question 32

Combat infectious disease

Answer 32

Penicillin Cephalosporins Tetracycline Aminoglycosides (Antibiotics)

Question 33

Destroy intestinal worms

Answer 33

albendazole mebendazole (Antihelminthics)

Question 34

Copper toxicity

Answer 34

penicillamine

Question 35

Lead poisoning

Answer 35

EDTA dimercaprol

Question 36

isoniazid poisoning

Answer 36

Pyridoxine Vitamin B6

Question 37

Assist in smoking cessation

Answer 37

Nicotine patch

Question 38

Assist in alcohol withdrawal

Answer 38

Disulfiram

Question 39

Treatment of cancer

Answer 39

Methotrexate Fluorouracil

Question 40

Treatment of asthma

Answer 40

albuterol Salmeterol (Bronchodilators)

Question 41

Protect against the rejection of transplanted tissues and organs

Answer 41

prednisone (Corticosteroids)

Question 42

Reduce the incidence of measles and mumps

Answer 42

Vaccines

Question 43

Used in diagnosis

Answer 43

Radiopharmaceuticals