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Pharmacology
Chapter 17
Pharmacology
Definition The effect of drugs on the body and
the effect of the body on drugs
Naming of Drugs
Each drug has 3 names Its chemical name
Specifies chemical structure Generic name
Name used by other companies Trade names
Name used by the company who received the patent for it.
Naming of Drugs (example)
Tylenol Chemical name
N-(4-hydroxyphenyl) acetamide Generic name
Acetaminophen Trade name
Tylenol
Classification of Drugs 3 classifications Over the counter drugs (OTC)
Ibuprofen, Tylenol, Aleve Prescription drugs (Rx)
Naprosyn, Amoxicillin Controlled Substances or scheduled drugs
Both OTC and RX medicines fall under a schedule of drug
Scheduled drugs
Schedule I high abuse potential, no accepted
medical use Schedule II
high abuse potential, accepted medical use
Schedule III Lower abuse potential, accepted medical
use
Scheduled drugs
Schedule IV lower abuse potential than schedule 3,
accepted medical use Schedule V
lowest abuse potential, some non prescription
Schedule drugs cont.
Examples Schedule I
Heroin, Marijuana, LSD Schedule II
Cocaine, Codeine, Morphine, Methamphetamine, THC
Schedule III Anabolic steroids,
Schedule drugs cont.
Schedule IV Valium, Xanax
Schedule V Cough mixtures containing codeine, Anti-
diarrheal mixtures with opium
Common Therapeutic Categories
Analgesics Antibiotics Anti-hypertensives Anti-inflammatory drugs Asthma drugs Anti-fungal
Analgesics
Pain Reliever NSAID’s, Opioids
Antibiotics
Kills bacterial infections Penicillin
Anti-hypertensives
Decrease blood pressure, hypertension, and relaxes
Beta 2- blockers, diuretics
Anti-inflammatory
Decrease swelling NSAID’s
Asthma Drugs
Helps with controlling asthma Albuterol
Anti-fungal
Kills fungal infections Lamisil, Tinactin, Oral Diflucan (for
ring worm)
Administration
Drugs can be administered many different ways Oral Sublingual or buccal Rectal Topical Inhalation Injection
Common Medications uses and differences
Tylenol Analgesic and anti-pyretic
Advil Anti-inflammatory, analgesic and anti-pyretic
Bayer Asprin Anti-inflammatory, anti-pyretic, anti-coagulant
and analgesic Aleve
Anti-inflammatory, analgesic and anti-pyretic
Drug testing Drug testing is different in many different settings.
Colleges Each college usually has monthly drug tests that test for
illegal/illicit drugs NCAA
The NCAA does their testing once a semester for anabolic steroids and other performance enhancing agents.
Olympic Test for all drugs including steroids, illegal drugs. They use the world anti-drug agency’s list of banned
substances Professional
Test for mainly illegal illicit drugs and steroids. They also have randomized testing that varies team to team.
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