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1906 Federal Food and Drug Act - ANSWER-outlawed the sale of adulterated or misbranded products
1914 Harrison Narcotic Act - ANSWER-put taxes on anyone that traded opium (bases of cocaine)
1970 Controlled Substance Act*** - ANSWER-put medications in 5 classes with different regulations;
consolidates many laws regulating the manufacture and distribution of narcotics, stimulants,
depressants, hallucinogens, anabolic steroids, as well as chemicals used in production of controlled
substances.
1983 Orphan Drug Act - ANSWER-pushed for research into medications to treat rare diseases
1991 Accelerated Drug Review - ANSWER-Pushed drugs through FDA process a little faster
1996 Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (privacy act) - ANSWER-keep insurance down
2003 Medicare Prescription Drug Improvement and Modernization Act - ANSWER-provide information
to blind and visually impaired
2010 Affordable care act - ANSWER-make health care more accessible to all citizens
therapeutics - ANSWER-refers to the use of drugs and the method of their administration in the
treatment of diseases
pharmacology - ANSWER-the broadest term for the study or science of drugs
traditional drugs - ANSWER-drugs made from chemicals
, biologic drugs - ANSWER-drugs made of living matter
alternative therapies - ANSWER-any drug used to treat illness with out a scientific background (herbal
medications)
makes the rules - ANSWER-what does the FDA do in the drug approval process?
schedule one - ANSWER-High potent- high abuse potential and dependency-heroin ecstasy- no written
prescription
schedule two - ANSWER-high abuse potential-no refills-ridilin, cocaine
schedule three - ANSWER-moderate to low abuse potential- anabolism steroids and testosterone (up to
5 refills)
schedule four - ANSWER-low abuse-Xanax, adavan (up to five refills)
schedule five - ANSWER-lowest abuse- larica, Robitussin (up to five refills)
phase one of approval - ANSWER-20-30 people, healthy people, does it kill them
phase two of approval - ANSWER-few hundred people with condition
phase three of approval - ANSWER-thousands of people, how does it interact with other meds, doses
phase four of approval - ANSWER-mass release
pre-clinical investigation - ANSWER-someone creates a chemical structure they think will work and
approach FDA