PRELIMS - PHARMACOLOGY

Is the study of drugs and its origin, chemical structure, preparation, administration, action, metabolism and excretion. (aalamin ang tungkol sa drug, kung saan nangaling, ingredients nung gamut, how they are prepared, paano gagamitin, effect ng gamut sa tao, at paano sila e a absorb and ilalabas kase hindi sila pwede mag stay dahil magiging toxic; inc. Level of chemical comp. In the body lead toxicity)

Art of preparing, compounding (we mix medication for personalized medication), and dispensing drugs. It also refers to the place where drugs are prepared and dispensed

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

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

Archives of remedies on a document known as Eber’s (Erb’s) Papyrus in 1500 B.C

First recorded reference to the word pharmacology

(first isolated morphine from opium, injected himself and three other friends with huge doses (100mg

FATHER OF AMERICAN PHARMACOLOGY

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

Refers to the specific biochemical interaction through which a drug substance produces its pharmacological effect such an enzyme or receptor