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Pharmacology - ANSWER>>>derived from Greek word "pharmakon"
Classic Greek "poison"
Modern Greek "drug"
Pharmacology - ANSWER>>>study of drugs and their origin, chemical structure, preparation,
administration, action, metabolism, and excretion.
Pharmacology - ANSWER>>>study of drugs that alter the functions of living organisms.
Logos - ANSWER>>>means "study"
Pharmacy Compounding - ANSWER>>>process of combining, mixing, or altering ingredients to create a
medication tailored to the needs of an individual patient.
Pharmacy Compounding - ANSWER>>>preparation of personalized medications
Compounded Medications - ANSWER>>>made based on the practitioner's prescription
Compounded Medications - ANSWER>>>used to help better therapeutic effects through the tailored
actions of a specific combination of ingredients
Pharmacist - ANSWER>>>person licensed to prepare and dispense drug
Pharmacist - ANSWER>>>counsel patients on safe and appropriate use of medications
Babylonians - ANSWER>>>the earliest surviving "prescriptions" on Sumerian cuneiform clay tablets were
in 3000 B.C.
Chinese - ANSWER>>>recorded the Pen Tsao (Great Herbal)
Pen Tsao - ANSWER>>>40-volume compendium of plant remedies dating to 2700 B.C.
Pen Tsao - ANSWER>>>the earliest chinese materia medica book
Egyptians - ANSWER>>>Eber's (Erbs) Papyrus
Eber's (Erbs) Papyrus - ANSWER>>>archives of remedies on a 110-page document in 1500 B.C.
Eber's (Erbs) Papyrus - ANSWER>>>oldest and most well-preserved medical document from ancient
Egyptians
Samuel Dale (1659 - March 18, 1793) - ANSWER>>>-English naturalist and physician notable for his work
in the natural sciences
, -developed PHARMACOLOGIA SEN MANUDUCTIO and MATERIA MEDICUM in 1693
-first recorded reference to the word pharmacology
Friedrich Serturner (June 19, 1783 - February 20, 1841) - ANSWER>>>-A chemist that isolates specific
substances from complex mixtures
-study their effects on animals
-FIRST ISOLATED MORPHINE from opium
-injected himself and 3 other friends with 100mg
John Jacob Abel (May 19, 1857 - May 26, 1938) - ANSWER>>>-Father of American Pharmacology
-founded the first pharmacology dept. at University of Michigan in 1890
-Hopkin's first professor of pharmacology
-focused on isolating and characterizing hormones of the endocrine system (adrenaline and insulin)
Drugs - ANSWER>>>chemicals that alter physicochemical processes in body cells
Drugs - ANSWER>>>can stimulate or inhibit normal cellular function
Pharmacodynamics - ANSWER>>>pharmaco - medicine
dynamic - change
Pharmcodynamics - ANSWER>>>- how medicine changes the body
-what the drug does to our body
Pharmacodynamics - ANSWER>>>concerned with mechanisms of drug action and the relationships
between drug concentration and responses in the body
Pharmacokinetics - ANSWER>>>pharmaco - medicine