Pharmacology 2060A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Endothelium, Endoplasmic Reticulum, Bipolar Disorder
8 Jan 2017
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What is pharmacology? (cid:124) the word pharmacology is derived from the greek words pharmakon meaning remedy and logos meaning study. Classification of therapeutics: drugs traditional drugs (i. e. chemical agents), biologics antibodies, hormones, natural health products herbals, vitamins, minerals. What is a drug? (cid:120) typically we think of a drug as a pill or capsule. (cid:120) drugs are actually chemicals. (cid:120) within every pill are many molecules of a chemical. It is the chemical that actually produces the pharmacological effect. Naming of drugs (cid:120) drugs have three types of names: chemical name describes the chemical structure of the molecule. Is used by chemists but not by many others: generic name a unique name that identifies a drug. The generic name is the name most often used in pharmacology. It is the name that should be used by health care professionals (although it ofte(cid:374) is(cid:374)"t(cid:895). Diazepam: trade name the name assigned by a drug company.
