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| What is a drug or medication |
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| Any chemical that is capable of interacting with living organisms to produce biological effect |
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| The study of the effect of drugs on living organisms |
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| Define Pharmacotherapeutics |
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| Treatment of disease with medications |
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| General Infomation about drugs |
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Four main souces from which drugs are dericed
a. plant-->animal-->inorganic-->syntehtic
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Major drug types of drug action includes
local or topical |
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| Putting on one spot. take place for the point of contact |
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| Into the blood stream. Through the system |
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| Specific receptors. Goes in bloodstream and to a specific organ |
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| affect the whole body after it goes in the bloodstream |
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| Increase functional activity of cells |
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| excessive cell activity causing cell dmaage, usally mild or temporary; severe irritabiltiy may produce blistering or destruction |
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| change osmotic pressures, surface tension and electrical potential |
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