NAPSRx Certification Exam Study Guide Chapter 4

____ of Americans take 1 prescription daily? - one half of all Americans _____ of Americans take 3 prescriptions daily? - 1 out of 6 The first recorded reference of the word Pharmacology was found in what text? - Pharmacologia sen Manuductio and Materian Medicum by Samuel Dale 1693 Who first isolated morphine from opium? - Friedrich Serturner 1805 Considered the father of American Pharmacology, first pharmacology department in U.S. at University of Michigan in 1890? - John Jacob Abel Pharmacodynamics - what the Drug Does to the Body, study of biochemical and physiological effects of drugs and their mechanisms of action Pharmacokinetics - what the body does to the drug, how the drug is processed by the body A drug is defined by the U.S. law as? - any substance (other than a food or device intended for use in the diagnosis, cure, relief, treatment, or prevention of disease) intended to affect the structure or function of the body. Another simpler version definition of a drug? - any chemical substance that affects the body and its processes By law drugs are divided into these two categories? - prescription drugs, and nonprescription drugs in the U.S this agency decides which drugs require a prescription and which may be sold of over-the-counter(OTC)? - FDA (Food and Drug Administration) The excessive and persistent use of mind-altering substances without medical need is defines as? - Drug Abuse Every drugs has at least how many names? what are they? - 3 names: 1)Chemical name -molecular structure of drug 2)Generic name - particular type class having same ending: beta-blockers end with "olol" 3)Trade name - chosen by pharm company that manufactures and distributes drug Drugs that treat high blood pressure? - antihypertensives, example calcium channel blockers Drugs that treat nausea? - antiemetics