Pharm 100 - Module 1 2024 Exam Answers 100% Pass

Pharm 100 - Module 1 2024 Exam Answers 100% Pass The science of drugs, including their use, effects and mechanisms of action. - Answer- Pharmacology The two substances contained in opium - Answer- Ancient Greece - theophrastus wrote therapeutic textbook - serturner isolated pure substances morphine - 10% of opium - relieve pain of great intensity codeine - 0.5% of opium - pain relief - tylenol Used in Chinese culture for fever, cough and influenza - Answer- - Classified drug from taste Ma Huang - medium drug This drug is a modern day derivative of Ma Huang - Answer- Ephedrine (treat asthma + decongestant) Ancient Egypt - Answer- Ancient Egypt - papyri, text book for med students True observations on the use of purgatives - bowel movements - senna The systems of the body that Ergot can effect - Answer- - fungus (grows on rye during wet seasons) Cardiovascular - constriction of blood vessels (starving from blood) Reproductive - violent contractions of uterus - used to hasten labour Nervous - mental frenzy, hallucinations and convulsions Ergot derivatives from which poison? - Answer- Ergotamine - treatment of migraines (constricts blood vessels that pulsate) Ergonovine - hasten birth - not used as force contraction is too strong - used to stop uterine bleeding How does Ergotamine treat migraines? - Answer- Migraines thought to be pulsations of the arterial blood vessels that carry blood to the head. Ergotamine constricts these blood vessels. Why are chemicals, biological agents and herbal products all considered "drugs?" - Answer- A drug is a substance received by a biological system that is not received for nutritive purposes and influences the biological function of the organism. Drug Acting on the Brain? LSD was synthesized using which poisonous component? - Answer- Alter normal chemical signaling in the brain Albert Hofmann - Ergot (similar in structure to its derivatives) - 1943 Derivatives of this psychedelics drug have been shown to treat certain mental illnesses like depression, anxiety and addiction - Answer- LSD - supported idea that certain mental illnesses might be due to production of potent substances in the brain and causes mental issues Organoarsenicals led to treatment of which bacterial infection and how? - Answer- - 1900s - Paul Ehrlich - selectively bound to parasites leasing to a cure for syphilis Antibacterial compounds are also known as which type of drugs? - Answer- - 1930s - Gerhard Domahk - Sulfa The term antibiotic refers to chemical substances produced by synthetic drugs. T/F