PHARMACOLOGY Chapter 1 (Adams)
Pharmacology ------- ✔ CORRECT ANSWER ✓✓The study of medicine
Therapeutics ------- ✔ CORRECT ANSWER ✓✓Is concerned with the prevention of disease and
treatment of suffering
Pharmacotherapy ------- ✔ CORRECT ANSWER ✓✓The application of drugs for the purpose of
treating diseases and alleviating human suffering
What is the difference between Pharmacology and therapeutics? ------- ✔ CORRECT ANSWER
✓✓As nouns the difference between pharmacology and therapeutics is that pharmacology is
(medicine) the science that studies the effects of chemical compounds on living animals,
especially the science of the manufacture, use and effects of medicinal drugs while therapeutics
is (medicine) the treatment of disease; the science of healing.
Drug ------- ✔ CORRECT ANSWER ✓✓A chemical agent capable of producing biologic responses
within the body. (can be desirable or not)
Medication ------- ✔ CORRECT ANSWER ✓✓Drugs administered after the fact
Biologics ------- ✔ CORRECT ANSWER ✓✓Agents naturally produced in animal cells, by
microorganisms, or by the body itself
Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) therapies ------- ✔ CORRECT ANSWER
✓✓These involve natural plant extracts, herbs, vitamins, minerals, dietary supplements, and
additional techniques outside of the realm of conventional therapeutics
Pharmacology ------- ✔ CORRECT ANSWER ✓✓The study of medicine
Therapeutics ------- ✔ CORRECT ANSWER ✓✓Is concerned with the prevention of disease and
treatment of suffering
Pharmacotherapy ------- ✔ CORRECT ANSWER ✓✓The application of drugs for the purpose of
treating diseases and alleviating human suffering
What is the difference between Pharmacology and therapeutics? ------- ✔ CORRECT ANSWER
✓✓As nouns the difference between pharmacology and therapeutics is that pharmacology is
(medicine) the science that studies the effects of chemical compounds on living animals,
especially the science of the manufacture, use and effects of medicinal drugs while therapeutics
is (medicine) the treatment of disease; the science of healing.
Drug ------- ✔ CORRECT ANSWER ✓✓A chemical agent capable of producing biologic responses
within the body. (can be desirable or not)
Medication ------- ✔ CORRECT ANSWER ✓✓Drugs administered after the fact
Biologics ------- ✔ CORRECT ANSWER ✓✓Agents naturally produced in animal cells, by
microorganisms, or by the body itself
Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) therapies ------- ✔ CORRECT ANSWER
✓✓These involve natural plant extracts, herbs, vitamins, minerals, dietary supplements, and
additional techniques outside of the realm of conventional therapeutics
