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Pharmacology Ξ -:- Study of drugs and their interactions with living organisms. Word Origin Ξ -:- Pharmacology originates from the Greek word pharmakon meaning drug. Medical Uses of Drugs Ξ -:- Include treating symptoms, signs, and diseases; preventing disease; and providing evidence of a...

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Understanding Pharmacology for Health
Professionals 5th Edition Test Bank
Questions & 100% correct Answers-
Latest Test | Graded A+ | Passed
Pharmacology

Ξ -:- Study of drugs and their interactions with living organisms.



Word Origin

Ξ -:- Pharmacology originates from the Greek word pharmakon meaning drug.



Medical Uses of Drugs

Ξ -:- Include treating symptoms, signs, and diseases; preventing disease; and

providing evidence of a disease.



Diagnostic Use

Ξ -:- The use of drugs during medical tests to show evidence of a disease.



Digoxin Source

Ξ -:- Foxglove, a plant, is used to make the drug digoxin (Lanoxin).



Premarin Source

Ξ -:- Premarin, a hormone replacement drug, is derived from pregnant mares' urine.



Drug Sources for Diabetes

Ξ -:- Ground-up beef and pork pancreas, Gila monsters, but not lanolin from sheep,

have been sources for diabetes drugs.




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Tragedy & Drug Regulation

Ξ -:- Sulfonamide led to the update of the Food and Drugs Act of 1906; thalidomide

caused a tragedy in the 1950s.



Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act of 1938

Ξ -:- Required accurate drug labeling to prevent substitutions or mislabeling of

ingredients.



FDA Modernization Act

Ξ -:- Legislation passed in 1997 to address drug availability delays in the U.S.



Prescription Drugs

Ξ -:- Drugs requiring professional medical supervision for safe use



Schedule Drugs

Ξ -:- Classification based on abuse potential, with Schedule I having the highest



Orphan Drug Act

Ξ -:- Legislation promoting new drug development for rare diseases



Therapeutic Use

Ξ -:- Using drugs to treat specific conditions like arthritis pain



Alzheimer's Drug Source

Ξ -:- Alzheimer's drug derived from daffodils



Plant Sources of Drugs

Ξ -:- Drugs sourced from opium poppy, not oak tree




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