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02/09/2008

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The study of chemical which are used in the prevention and treatment
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Pharmacology
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The study of adverse efects of chemicals (xenobiotics)on living systems
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Toxicology
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the applied aspect of toicology strives to reduce health risk from ________ to environmental pollutants, industrial chemicals, and a many diseases or syndromes
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exposure
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chemicals that become incidental or occupational hazards as contaminants or air, water, or food
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Environmental
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diagnosis and treatment of poisonings, legal aspects regarding exposure to and harmful effects of chemical
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Forenics
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Drug
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(french-drogue) herb or plant
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Potion
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A mixture of liquids, a drugs or charm
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Medicine
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a drug used to treat disease or whatever
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People who believed in a comforting religious magic
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Egyptians (1000 BCE)
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People who had a demonic religious approach
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Babylonians (1000 BCE)
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Champion of rational therapy and ethics: also developed four humor theory(blood, phlegm, yellow bile, black bile)
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Hippocrates (late BCE, early CE)
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developed a complex system of medical treatment which was more secular than religious
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Chinese and Indian (Late BCE, Early CE)
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Traditional ___________ medicine had a large influence on the recent thrust of alternative medicine in the US
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Chinese
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Most advances in medicine were made in the middle east by _________ and ________ physicians
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Arabic, Jewish (1500's-1600's)
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Abolished the 4 humor theory and stressed the curative powers of single agents
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Paracelsus (early 1500's)
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Isolated and purified morphine
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Serturner, 1806
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_______introduced as a general anesthetic agent
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Ether (1800's and early 1900's)
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_______introuced as a local anesthetic agent
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Cocaine (1800's- early 1900's)
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studied dyes and heavy metals as agents to treat bacterial infections
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Paul Ehrlich (1800's-early 1900's)
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Law aimed at adulteration and mislabeling of products
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Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906
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Law that required the registration of people handling listed drugs and the purchase of a tax stamp: could not obtain narcotics without a prescription
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Harrison Narcotic Act of 1914
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Law that brought about the use of schedules to try to rank drugs by their potential to cause abuse or dependency
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Controlled Substances Act of 1970
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Law that mandated testing for safety but not efficacy
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Food, Drug, and Cosmetics Act of 1938
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Amendment to the Food, Drug, and Cosmetics Act of 1938 sparked by the thalidomide disaster; mandated what toxicological studies would be done and also required proof that the drug has efficacy.
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Harris-Kefaiver Amendment of 1962
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Convenient route of administration, affects only the site required for a therapeutic effect, has little or no toxicity, a properly timed rate of onset and offset, does not interact with other drugs and is eliminated from the body efficiently
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IDEAL DRUG
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A form of short hand often used by the drug developer, little utility to any but the developer
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Code Name
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Most precise name for drug but too burdensome for routine use
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Chemical Name
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Investigator assigned names (particularly common in natural products) confusing to those outside of the specific area
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Trivial Name
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Name the emerges clinically in an attempt to simplify writing. Beware bc may cause confusion when dispensing
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Acronym
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Name commonly used in commerce and prescribing, may refer to an individual compound or to a specific product formulation
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Proprietary Name-Trademark
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aka as generic nameand recommended in the USA bye the USAN. BEST NAME to use in routine study and evaluation of drugs
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Nonproprietary name
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Agency established in 1960s that is responsible for the selction of nonproprietary names in the USA
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United States Adopted Names Council
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USAN is comprised of 5 voting members:
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representing AMA< APhA, USP, and FDA,and 1 member at large
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A request for USAN is initiated by the ________________ and cannot be considered until the drug has entered _________ __________.
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manufacturer, Clinical Trials
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Philosophy of the USAN
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useful to health professions, distinctive to avoid confusion with the names of other substances, Indicate any relationship that exists between the new entity and established drugs. UDI-
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Prefixes, suffixes or infixes that reflect a special chemical nucleus, pharmacological property, both.
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Stem Names
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Name of active moiety should be a single word of no more than _________ syllables and should be identified ______.
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