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| the study of drugs and their interactions with living organisms |
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| What does the term 'pharmacology' come from |
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| greek words pharmakon and the suffix -ology |
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| Pharmacology is concerned with...(4) |
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Drugs and medications:
1.nature of
2. their actions in the body
3.drug doses
4. side effects |
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| will there always be side effects to drugs? |
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| yes, doctors and patients will always need to judge/balance the risks vs. benefits |
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| how drugs produce their effects |
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| mathematical descriptions of drug response based on time and dose |
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| the chemical structure of drugs at the molecular level |
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| the study of toxic or poisonous effects of drugs |
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| What is the term drug derived from? |
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| the dutch word "droog" which means "dry". This refers to the dried herbs and plants as the first medicines. |
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| Drug and medicine can be thought of as |
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| any nonfood chemical substance that affects the mind or the body. |
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| A drug that is deliberately administered for its medicinal value as a theraputic, preventative or diagnostic agent. |
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| specifically to chemical substances that are not used for their therapeutic, preventative, or diagnostic qualities |
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| What are three uses of medical drugs? |
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1. Therapeutic
2. Preventative
3.Diagnostic |
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| drugs are used to control, improve, or cure symptoms, conditions, or diesases of a physiological or pshychological nature. |
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| What is an example of a therapeutic use of drugs? |
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-antibiotics to kill the bacteria that cause an infection.
-Analgesics to contol the pain and inflammation of arthritis
-Hormone replacement therapy for the symptoms of menopause |
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| Preventative use of drugs |
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| to prevent the occurence of symptoms conditions, or diseases |
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| Example of a preventative use of drugs |
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-vaccination for immunization against childhood diseases
-drugs taken to prevent motion sickness prior to flying on an airplane |
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| drugs are used by themselves or in conjunction with radiological procedures and other types of medical tests to provide evidence of a disease process. |
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| Example of Diagnostic use |
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-Radiopaque dyes used during x-ray procedures
-Drugs given to stimulate cardiac excerise in patients who cannot undergo regular excercise stress testing |
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