Origin of drugs
What is Pharmacognosy
Any chemical used for a therapeutic application such as treating an illness or relieving a symptom or for diagnostic testing
What is a drug
Plants, Animals, Minerals(or mineral products), synthetic or chemical substances and modern engineering
What are the sources which drugs come from
Movement of a drug from its site of administration
What is absorption
Reduces the activity of the body function
What is a depressant
Poisonous effects of drugs on the body
What is toxicology
The study of drugs and their interactions with living systems
What is Pharmacology
Vaccines, Oils and Fats are derived from this drug source ?
What are animal sources
Absorption, Distribution, Metabolism, Excretion
What are the four processes involved in pharmacokinetics
What is local action
Effect of drugs in treatment of disease
What is Pharmacotherapeutics
What is a safe drug
This technology uses artificially manipulated DNA segments from different organic sources by transferring a cell from a different species to a host cell to change the way the cell reproduces
Recombinant DNA Technology
Dispersion of medication to sites in the body
What is distribution
A drug effect felt throughout the body, not just at the site of administration
How the body processes drugs/what the body does to the drug
What is Pharmacokinetics
Pertaining to beneficial treatment
What are therapeutics
Chemically developed drugs that are free of the impurities found in natural substances
What is synthetic or manufactured drugs
Physical or chemical processes in the body that inactivate a drug for excretion from the body
What is Metabolism
Mild or annoying but expected and fairly common undesirable response to a medication
What is a side effect
Drug actions on the body
What is Pharmacodynamics
Intended results to minimize the chance of a drug-induced injury
What is desired effect
Organic and Inorganic drugs are derived from what drug source ?
What are synthetics and semisynthetics
Elimination of medication from the body through respiration, perspiration, urination, or defecation
What is excretion
Intended response to a medication
What is Desired effect or desired therapeutic effect