PN 1005 session 1 Questions and Verified Answers
pharmacology meaning
Ans: - study of how the chemicals are going to react in body
- good be good or bad effects
natural drugs from plants
Ans: - synthetic version of the active chem found in plants
natural drugs from animals
Ans: - prodcuts to replace chemicals in smo that cant be made by the body
- could be done with genetic engineering
- now these are done synthetically
natural drugs from inorganic compounds
Ans: - salts from diff elements can be therapeutic
natural drugs from synthetic sources
Ans: - genetic engineering to alter bacteria so it could be effective bacteria
- original prototypes
drug evalulation
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Ans: preclinical trials
- checmials tested on lab animals
Phase 1 studies
- chemiclas tested on human volunteers
Phase 2 studies
- drug tried on patients who meet criteria for disease
Phase 3 sudies
- used in clinical market
Phase 4 studies
- drugs is being used but continued to be tested
food and drug acts
Ans: all food and drugs need to e approved by the FDA for it to be
considered safe to use
controlled drug and substance acts
Ans: an act that puts the drugs into categories based on their potential for
abuse
Drug Schedules
schedule 1 (c-I)
Ans: - risk of high abuse
- cannot be used for medical reasons
- ex. heroin, marijuana
Drug Schedules
schedule 2 (C-2)
Ans: - high abuse potential with severe dependance lilability
- ex. narcotics, amphetamines