Ophthamology - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Drug Discovery - • Unlike small molecule drugs (pharmaceuticals), large molecule drugs (biopharmaceuticals) are mainly protein-based o These protein-based drugs are similar to natural biological compounds found in human body or they're fragments that mimic active part of natural compounds Discovery of Pharmaceuticals - commences w/ scanning hundreds of compounds, whether w/ actual materials (irrational approach) or virtual simulations (rational approach) • Pharmaceuticals are new che...

CNPR NAPSR Exam Margin of safety - ANS the difference between the usual effective dose and the dose that induces severe or life threatening side effects Rights of drug administration - ANS right patient, right medication, right does, right route of administration, and right time of delivery Injection routes - ANS intramuscular, intrathecal, intravenous, subcutaneous intramuscular - ANS drugs given by direct injection into muscle tissue intrathecal - ANS needle is in...