Pharmacology 2060A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Natural Health Product, Pharmacology, Antibody

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The word pharmacology is derived from the greek words pharmakon meaning remedy and logos meaning study: generally pharmacology is considered the study of drugs. Classification of therapeutics: the therapeutic effect of drugs on patients, the adverse effects of drugs on patients. Canadian drug legislation: before a drug reaches the market, there is a lot of research that takes place to make sure its safe and effective. Typically we think of a drug as a pill or capsule. Within every pill are many molecules of a chemical. It is the chemical that actually produces the pharmacological effect. It is usually easy to remember and marketable: the major problem with trade names is many companies may make the same isn"t(cid:524). It is the name that should be used by health care professionals (although it often drug; therefore it may have many different trade names. Alboral; aliseum; alupram; amiprol; an-ding; ansiolin; ansiolisina; apaurin; apo-diazepam; Apozepam; armonil; assival; atensine; atilen; bensedin; bialzepam; calmocitene; calmpose;

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