PHARMACOLOGY

Study of drugs and its origin, chemical structure, preparation, administration, action, metabolism and excretion.

The study of drugs that alter functions of living organisms.

The process of combining, mixing, or altering ingredients to create a medication tailored to the needs of an individual patient

Preparation of personalized medications

Made based on the practitioners prescription

Used to help achieve better therapeutic effects through the tailored actions of a specific combination of ingredients

A person licensed to prepare and dispense drugs

Counsel patients on safe and appropriate use of medications

Are chemicals that alter physiochemical processes in body cells

They can stimulate or inhibit normal cellular function

Used interchangeably with medicines

Eber’s (Erbs) Papyrus

Archives of remedies on a 110 pages document in 1500 B.C

Earliest surviving “prescriptions” on Sumerian cuneiform clay tablets in 3000 B.C

Recorded the Pen Tsao (Great Herbal) – a 40- volume compendium of plant remedies dating to 2700 B.C.

Oldest well preserved medical document from ancient Egyptians

Is the earliest Chinese materia medica book

Earliest surviving “__________” on Sumerian cuneiform clay tablets in 3000 B.C

Father of American Pharmacology

Founded the first pharmacology department in University of Michigan in 1890

Hopkins’ first professor of pharmacology

The early focus of his work was on isolating and characterizing the hormones of the endocrine system, especially adrenaline and insulin.

Chemists isolate specific substances from complex mixtures

Pharmacologists then study their effectsin animals

Was an English naturalist and physician notable for his work in the natural sciences

Developed Pharmacologia sen Manuductio and Materia Medicum in 1693

First recorded reference to the word pharmacology

Branch of knowledge concerned with medical drugs obtained from natural resources.

Study of the therapeutic uses and effects of drugs

Beneficial and adverse effects of drugs.

Branch of science concerned with the nature, effects, and detection of poisons.

Measurement and analysis of poten?al toxins, intoxica?ng or banned substances, and prescription medications present in a person’s body.

Practice of monitoring the effects of medical drugs ader they have been licensed for use especially in order to identify and evaluate previously unreported adverse reactions.

How medicine changes the body

Concerned with mechanisms of drug action and the relationships between drug concentration and responses in the body

Study of drug movement throughout the body.

How the body deals with medication

Actions and side effects of medication in patients

Pertain to the molecular arrangement of atoms in a molecule and the chemical bonds that hold the atom together

Refers to the specific biochemical interaction through which a drug substance produces its pharmacological effect

Involves the target such as an enzyme or receptor •EX: Penicillin: inhibits cell wall synthesis

Describes a functional or anatomical change, resulting from the exposure of a living organism to a substance

Observable consequence of a drug

Penicillin: bactericidal, death of bacteria, decrease signs of infections

Paracetamol: Antipyretic (decrease body temp)

Tramadol :Analgesic (decrease pain)

Also referred to as medication information or drug informatics

Ranges from discovery, use, and management of information in the use of medications

Ranges from discovery, use, and management of information in the use of medications

Ranges from discovery, use, and management of information in the use of medications

Also referred to as medication information or drug informatics

Ranges from discovery, use, and management of information in the use of medications

Also referred to as medication information or drug informatics

Ranges from discovery, use, and management of information in the use of medications