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,Pharmacology - correct answers ✔✔The study of how drugs can improve
human health.
Pharmaceutics - correct answers ✔✔The science of pharmacy, that is, the
discipline of dispensing drugs by a pharmacist
Therapeutics - correct answers ✔✔Discipline of science that is concerned
with the treatment of disease and suffering
Pharmacotherapeutics - correct answers ✔✔Branch of science that studies the
use of medication to treat or prevent disease
Drugs: Three Main Angents - correct answers ✔✔1. Traditional drug therapies
2. Biologics
3. Natural alternative therapies
Traditional Drug Therapies - correct answers ✔✔Synthetic substances
manufactured in a laboratory
Biologics - correct answers ✔✔Agents that are produced naturally by the cells
of animal, humans or microorganisms. Ex. Vaccines, hormones, insulin
Natural alternative therapies - correct answers ✔✔Naturally grown and
harvested and may include vitamins, herbs and various dietary supplements
, 4 phases of drug developement - correct answers ✔✔1. Preclinical
Investigation
2. Clinical investigation
3. Formal submission of a new drug application (NDA)with review
4. Post-marketing studies
Preclinical Phase - correct answers ✔✔1-3 years
Cells are grown in culture, candidate drug is tested to look for potential harms
Animal testing, though less common, happens in this phase.
This test offers a basic analysis of which drugs should not be further tested
becasue if any potential harm to humans that is immediate and apparent.
Clinical investigation Phase - correct answers ✔✔2-10 years to complete (avg
5)
Important for identifying adverse side effects and the possibility that the drug
under evaluation may worsen other conditions.
Clinical trials occur during this phase
Clinical trials - correct answers ✔✔Rigorous time consuming experiments
used to assess a drug's safety and effectiveness
New Drug Approval (NDA) - correct answers ✔✔2 months - 7 years