RXRS 201 Exam 1 Questions With Correct
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Drug
any substance that, when inhaled, injected, smoked, consumed,
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absorbed via patch on the skin, or dissolved under the tongue causes a
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physiological change in the body. | | | |
Drug (pharmacology definition)
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a drug is a chemical substance of known structure, other than a nutrient
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of an essential dietary ingredient, which, when administered to a living
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organism, produces a biological effect
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Pharmaceutical drug |
medicine or medication; a chemical substance used to treat, cure,
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prevent, or diagnose a disease or to promote well-being
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Prescription drug |
,a pharmaceutical drug that legally requires a medical prescription to be
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dispensed
over the counter drug
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a pharmaceutical drug that can be obtained without prescription
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recreational drug |
any substance with pharmacological effects that is taken voluntarily for
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personal pleasure or satisfaction rather than for medicinal purposes
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street drug |
implies illegal drugs that can only be found on the "street" or obtained
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illegally through the black market
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alcohol
first winery in present day Armenia
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first alcoholic drink was beer (7000 BCE)
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Wine traced back to 6000 BCE
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, Cannabis and other herbs | | |
first recorded cannabis 2700 BCE as medicine use by Emperor Yándi
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recreational cannabis 3000 BCE in China | | | | |
many burial cites in China, India, and Syria contain Cannabis (15000 BCE
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and 10000 BCE)
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Other herbs: blue lotus is much older (robbing of willpower)
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Opium
first cultivated y Sumerians circa 3400 BCE
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used by many ancient nations
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primary use was medicinal | | |
used recreationally by Chinese and Romans
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Drug delivery devices
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Hypodermic syringe: created by Alexander Wood (1853), made the true
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power of morphine as a pain reliving agent
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he and his wife became morphine addicts, wife (Rebecca) is believed to
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be the first known intravenous morphine overdose
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Answers
Drug
any substance that, when inhaled, injected, smoked, consumed,
| | | | | | | |
absorbed via patch on the skin, or dissolved under the tongue causes a
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
physiological change in the body. | | | |
Drug (pharmacology definition)
| |
a drug is a chemical substance of known structure, other than a nutrient
| | | | | | | | | | | |
of an essential dietary ingredient, which, when administered to a living
| | | | | | | | | | | |
organism, produces a biological effect
| | | |
Pharmaceutical drug |
medicine or medication; a chemical substance used to treat, cure,
| | | | | | | | | |
prevent, or diagnose a disease or to promote well-being
| | | | | | | |
Prescription drug |
,a pharmaceutical drug that legally requires a medical prescription to be
| | | | | | | | | | |
dispensed
over the counter drug
| | |
a pharmaceutical drug that can be obtained without prescription
| | | | | | | |
recreational drug |
any substance with pharmacological effects that is taken voluntarily for
| | | | | | | | | |
personal pleasure or satisfaction rather than for medicinal purposes
| | | | | | | |
street drug |
implies illegal drugs that can only be found on the "street" or obtained
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
illegally through the black market
| | | |
alcohol
first winery in present day Armenia
| | | | |
first alcoholic drink was beer (7000 BCE)
| | | | | |
Wine traced back to 6000 BCE
| | | | |
, Cannabis and other herbs | | |
first recorded cannabis 2700 BCE as medicine use by Emperor Yándi
| | | | | | | | | |
recreational cannabis 3000 BCE in China | | | | |
many burial cites in China, India, and Syria contain Cannabis (15000 BCE
| | | | | | | | | | | |
and 10000 BCE)
| |
Other herbs: blue lotus is much older (robbing of willpower)
| | | | | | | | |
Opium
first cultivated y Sumerians circa 3400 BCE
| | | | | |
used by many ancient nations
| | | |
primary use was medicinal | | |
used recreationally by Chinese and Romans
| | | | |
Drug delivery devices
| |
Hypodermic syringe: created by Alexander Wood (1853), made the true
| | | | | | | | | |
power of morphine as a pain reliving agent
| | | | | | |
he and his wife became morphine addicts, wife (Rebecca) is believed to
| | | | | | | | | | | |
be the first known intravenous morphine overdose
| | | | | |
