Chemistry 1027A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 17: Monoamine Oxidase, Messenger Rna, Tricyclic Antidepressant

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Medicines, prescription drugs, and diseases: the top tens. Over-the-counter drugs: those that can be bought in any supermarket or drugstore. Prescription drugs: cannot be purchased without instructions from a physician: a substance is available only by prescription if: It should bused only by people with specific medical problems. It treats a condition so serious that a person with that condition should be under a doctor"s care: the most prescribed drug in 2008 was lipitor, which lowers blood cholesterol and stabilizes plaque while acting as an anti-inflammatory. A drug is classified as one or the other by the food and drug administration (fda) All drugs have a trade name and a generic name: trade name: the brand name, or the name used by the drug manufacturer, generic name: a drug"s generally accepted common chemical name. Once the patent protection on a drug has expired, it can be manufactured and marketed competitively by many companies and prescribed by its generic name.

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