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Drug any small molecule that changes a body function by working at the chemical and
cell levels.
drug and medication can mean the same thing.
Drugs can be used to : treat health problems (insulin for diabetes, anti-hypertensives for high blood
pressure.)
Diagnose health problems ( radiopaque agents to enhance X-ray pictures,
edrophonium chloride (tensilon) to diagnose myasthenia gravis.
Drug therapy a plan to prevent or improve a health problem that includes the use of drugs.
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Intrinsic drugs The chemical the body made "WITHIN" itself. Example insulin is made from within
the pancreas.
adrenaline is made "within" the adrenal glands
Extrinsic drugs chemicals made "outside" the body to change cells or organ or body action for
the better, the body DO NOT make extrinsic drugs, they come from outside the
body.
Pharmacology the study of "extrinsic drugs", and how they work.
Intended action/Therapeutic response all drugs affect some tissue or organ; the drug does what it was prescribed to do.
Side effects minor changes in body function that occur when a drug is taken, they can be
helpful or problematic.
changes in body function that were not the intended action.
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