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Define a drug
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chemical substance used to diagnose/prevent/treat diseae
or prevent pregnacy |
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3 specialites of pharmacology
Physical actions of drugs @ cell/subcellular level How the body handles drugs Treatment/prevention of disease |
Dynamics - phys action of drugs
kinetics - how body handles therapeutics - disease |
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how was organic chem discovered?
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made UREA from ammonium cyanate, connecting C to inorganic
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who discoverd aspirin?
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herman bayer
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In the discovery of ____A____ it was first isolated as bonzoyl derivitive of itself. then a guy isolated it from the medulla, and his student isolated ___B____. It was found that A does ___C___ and B does __D___
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a - epinephrine
b - acetylcholine c - raised blood pressure d - lowers it |
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who discovered penicillin?
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alex fleming
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in 1941, ___A___ was 1st used to treat pyogenic infections
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penicillin
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see mechanism of illness, develop a drug to treat it.
Philosophy of what drug era? |
60 to 80s
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drug costs increasing, drug companies are profitable
philosophy of what drug era? |
TODAY
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Not for profit drug companies was basiclaly started by ___A___ for 3 things ___B,C,d____
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bill gates
hiv tb malaria |
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what local anesthetic was discoverd in 40s
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lidocaine
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3 big abx in
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streptomycin
tetracycline erythromycin |
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HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors are also known as
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statins
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what do Statins do? they inhibit ___A___ therefore stopping ___B__
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inhibit hmg-coa reductase, lower cholesterol production
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Why is foxglove important? you get ____A____ from it. Used to treat___B____.
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digitalis, heart failure
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__A___ was discoverd by domagk via a dye of fabrics. He heated the dye, and isolated the drug, and used it to treat __B____
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Sulfa drugs
UTI's |
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Correct this
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