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Drug Use in Ancient Greece
Ans: -- In year 380 BC, Theophrastus wrote a textbook on therapeutics
that included opium.
--Serturner, a pharmacist working in Germany in 1803 isolated crystals of
morphine from opium and discovered its pain relieving capabilities
--Opium was found to continue two important substance - Codeine and
Morphine
Drug Use in Ancient China
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Ans: --Drugs were classified according to taste
--The drug Ma Huang was classifies as a medium drug --Was used in
Chinese medicine for coughs, influenza, and fevers
--Modern era, ephedrine has been isolated from Ma Huang and is used to
treat asthma, and is used as a decongestant
Drug Use in Ancient Egypt
Ans: --Was recorded on documents called papyri
-One dating from 1550 BC was intended to be a textbook of drug use for
medical students
--Scholars have shown that many were on purgatives, which are drugs
used to cause bowel movements
Curare
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Ans: Use as a poison
-Indigenous peoples of the Amazon dipped their arrows in curare. This
poison acted upon the voluntary muscles of the animals causing paralysis
and death
Use as a drug
-Used by anesthetists during surgery
-Muscle relaxation was achieved, greatly facilitating the surgeons work
-Newer derivatives of curare are used by anesthetists today
Ergot Poisoning
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Ans: --A poisonous fungus that grows on the heads of rye
-In the middle ages it was ground into rye and found its way into bread
creating a terrible epidemic that killed 20,000 people in one region of
Russia
--Effects of poisoning
-Mental frenzy, hallucinations, and convulsions
-Constriction of blood vessels that led to fingers, toes and limbs becoming
starved of their blood supply causing a burning sensation, in extreme
cases fell off and died
-Violent contractions of the uterus
Could be useful in hastening labour but if not used appropriately could
result in death
Ergot Use as a Drug
PHAR 100 Questions and Correct
Answers/ Latest Update / Already
Graded
Drug Use in Ancient Greece
Ans: -- In year 380 BC, Theophrastus wrote a textbook on therapeutics
that included opium.
--Serturner, a pharmacist working in Germany in 1803 isolated crystals of
morphine from opium and discovered its pain relieving capabilities
--Opium was found to continue two important substance - Codeine and
Morphine
Drug Use in Ancient China
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Ans: --Drugs were classified according to taste
--The drug Ma Huang was classifies as a medium drug --Was used in
Chinese medicine for coughs, influenza, and fevers
--Modern era, ephedrine has been isolated from Ma Huang and is used to
treat asthma, and is used as a decongestant
Drug Use in Ancient Egypt
Ans: --Was recorded on documents called papyri
-One dating from 1550 BC was intended to be a textbook of drug use for
medical students
--Scholars have shown that many were on purgatives, which are drugs
used to cause bowel movements
Curare
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Ans: Use as a poison
-Indigenous peoples of the Amazon dipped their arrows in curare. This
poison acted upon the voluntary muscles of the animals causing paralysis
and death
Use as a drug
-Used by anesthetists during surgery
-Muscle relaxation was achieved, greatly facilitating the surgeons work
-Newer derivatives of curare are used by anesthetists today
Ergot Poisoning
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Ans: --A poisonous fungus that grows on the heads of rye
-In the middle ages it was ground into rye and found its way into bread
creating a terrible epidemic that killed 20,000 people in one region of
Russia
--Effects of poisoning
-Mental frenzy, hallucinations, and convulsions
-Constriction of blood vessels that led to fingers, toes and limbs becoming
starved of their blood supply causing a burning sensation, in extreme
cases fell off and died
-Violent contractions of the uterus
Could be useful in hastening labour but if not used appropriately could
result in death
Ergot Use as a Drug
