PHAR 100 Exam Questions and Answers
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Drugs - substances other than food that change the structure or
function of the body or mind. Any substance received by a biological
system that is not received for nutritive purposes.
Pharmacology - study of drugs/ the science of d...
head, that recur regularly and can be difficult to treat. May be caused by
pulsation of arterial blood vessels to the head.
drug? ergotamine
zinc oxide - ✔✔ZnO, considered of great importance in ancient therapies,
still found in a number of topical creams today (diaper rash creams)
Modern sources of drugs - ✔✔synthetic chemical compounds and plant
sources (active substance purified and modified to make it less toxic or
more effective)
Drugs discovered in the 19th century - ✔✔Nitrous Oxide -> laughing gas,
acts on the brain
Ether -> an anaesthetic, acts on the brain
Drugs discovered in the 20th century - ✔✔reserpine -> reduces anxiety,
acts on the brain
LSD -> from ergot, a hallucinogen, acts on the brain
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