PHARMACOLOGY CLEAR AND SIMPLE
WATKINS COMPLETE COURSE REVIEW GUIDE
◉ The Dutch word droog meaning "dry" is the origin for the word...
Answer: Drug
◉ Early records document that treatments consisted of ____,____,and
____ because no other sources were available.
Answer: plants, minerals, animal products
◉ During World War___, the mass production of medicine began.
Answer: 2
◉ Digoxin (Lanoxin) is used to treat heart failure and in made from
the foxglove ____.
Answer: plant
◉ Epinephrine comes from the ephedra _____.
Answer: shrub
◉ Most estrogen hormone replacements come from ___.
Answer: yams
, ◉ Procaine (Novocain) is used as an anesthetic and is derived from
the ______.
Answer: coco plant
◉ Pharmacodynamics
Answer: effect of a drug on the body
◉ Drugs fall into __ categories of desired effects.
Answer: 6
◉ Curative
Answer: able to heal or cure
◉ Prophylactic
Answer: intended to prevent disease
◉ Diagnostic
Answer: helps diagnose a disease or condition
◉ Palliative
Answer: relieving but not curing symptoms
WATKINS COMPLETE COURSE REVIEW GUIDE
◉ The Dutch word droog meaning "dry" is the origin for the word...
Answer: Drug
◉ Early records document that treatments consisted of ____,____,and
____ because no other sources were available.
Answer: plants, minerals, animal products
◉ During World War___, the mass production of medicine began.
Answer: 2
◉ Digoxin (Lanoxin) is used to treat heart failure and in made from
the foxglove ____.
Answer: plant
◉ Epinephrine comes from the ephedra _____.
Answer: shrub
◉ Most estrogen hormone replacements come from ___.
Answer: yams
, ◉ Procaine (Novocain) is used as an anesthetic and is derived from
the ______.
Answer: coco plant
◉ Pharmacodynamics
Answer: effect of a drug on the body
◉ Drugs fall into __ categories of desired effects.
Answer: 6
◉ Curative
Answer: able to heal or cure
◉ Prophylactic
Answer: intended to prevent disease
◉ Diagnostic
Answer: helps diagnose a disease or condition
◉ Palliative
Answer: relieving but not curing symptoms