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Drug development
Ch.3 Pharmacy Practice
Question | Answer |
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The biochemically active component of a drug that exerts a desired therapeutic effect | Active Ingredient |
An inactive chemical that is added to one or more active ingredients to improve drug formulations while causing little or no physiological effect | Inert Ingredient |
He discovered insulin | Sir Frederick Banting |
The purpose of this kind of drug is to improve the efficacy of the natural product or reduce its side effects | Semisynthetic Drug |
The field of study that examines the relationship between an individual's genes and his/her body's response to drugs | Pharmacogenomics |
A drug sold without a prescription | OTC (over the counter) |
A prescription drug has to be labeled with this | Rx Only |
A medication that alters body functioning in a desired way | Pharmacodynamic Agent |
A vaccine would be considered this kind of agent | Prophylactic |
Compulsive and uncontrollable use of controlled substances, especially narcotics | Addiction |
This agent kills bacteria, fungi, viruses,and even normal cells or abnormal cancer cells | Destructive Agent |
A pharmaceutical manufacturer can apply for this after a Phase 3 study is completed | New Drug Application (NDA) |
A voluntary program that allows any healthcare professional or consumer to report a serious adverse event associated with the use of any drug, biological device, or dietary supplement | MedWatch |
This provides information on generic substitutions of drugs that may have may different brand names or generic manufacturer sources | FDA Online Orange Book |
Another name for a cancer fighting drug | Antineoplastic |
A substance introduced into the body in order to produce immunity to a disease | Vaccine |
A chemical substance that kills or inhibits the growth of bacteria | Antibiotic |
The first antibiotic, discovered by Dr. Alexander Fleming | Penicillin |
A condition in which the body adapts to a drug so that higher doses are needed to produce the same therapeutic effect achieved earlier with smaller doses | Drug tolerance |
A category of nonprescription drugs that includes vitamins, minerals, and herbs that is not regulated by the FDA | Dietary supplements |
This contains the same active ingredients as the brand name product and delivers the same amount of medication to the body in the same way and in the same amount of time. | Generic drug |
This means a drug performs in the same manner as an already approved brand name drug | Bioequivalent |
Once a brand or generic drug received FDA approval, it is assigned a unique one of these | NDC number |
A negative consequence to a patient from taking a particular drug | Adverse drug reaction (ADR) |