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What are substances other than food that change the structure or function of the body or mind?
Drugs
What does FDA stand for?
Food and Drug Administration
What could happen if you do not finish your prescription all the way through?
Illness can become immune or resistant
True or False
All medicines are drugs and all drugs are medicines
False
What helps neutralize the effects of toxins, or harmful substances, which are produced by certain bacteria?
Antitoxins
All new medicine must go through how many trials before they are approved?
3 Clinical trials
Why might teens abuse medicine
To lose weight
To fit in
To stay awake while studying
What is one problem with antibiotics?
Harmful side effects
Can lose effectiveness
These are medicines that are dispensed only with the written approval of a licensed physician or nurse-practitioner?
Prescriptions
What is an example of medicine misuse?
Taking too much or too little
Taking medicine longer or shorter then prescribed
What are the most commonly used medicines?
Painkillers
What does OTC stand for in terms of medicine at the store?
Over The Counter
What is on a medicine label?
Patients name
Dr who prescribed it
Number of refills
Special instructions
What are the 3 medicine interactions?
Antagonistic
Synergistic
Additive
What is one danger of medical abuse/misuse?
Addiction
Overdose
True or False
Medicines contain both active ingredients and inactive ingredients
True