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QUESTION AND ANSWER

DISCRIPTIVE

QUESTIONANSWER
WHAT IS A DRUG 1) A substance intended for use in the diagnosis, mitigation, treatment, cure or prevention of disease in man or in other animals.
PREVENTION OF DISEASE VACCINES
ELIMINATION OF DISEASE ANTIBIOTICS, H2 ANTAGONISTS
TREATMENT OF SYMPTOMS ANTI-INFLAMMATORY DRUGS, COLD REMEDIES
ARREST PROGRESSION OF DISEASE AZT
DIAGNOSIS OF DISEASE TENSILON, PERSANTINE 1V
SOURCE OF DRUGS PLANTS, ANIMALS, SYNTHESIZED
DRUGS FROM PLANTS Reserpine-Rauwolfia serpentina shrub, 2.Digoxin - Foxglove plant (digitalis purpurea), Morphine, Opium - Poppy (papaver somniferum), Taxol - Yew evergreen tree (taxus brevifolia)
DRUGS FROM ANIMALS 1.Insulin - Pork, Beef 2. Estrogen - Pregnant Mares 3. Polio Vaccine - Monkey Tissue
SYNTHESIZED drug Synthetic compounds whereby a chemical process is used to make a drug Example: Furosemide
Synthetic OR Partially Synthetic drug A drug that is produced from naturally occuring complex which is closely related structurally to the desired end product.
What are the expamples of partially synthetic drugs? a) PENICLLINS b) CHPHALOSPORINS
How drug approval Process Work? * Drug Discovery * Pre-Clinical Phase * Investigational New Drug Application (INDIA) [Phase I, Phase II, Phase III Trials], New Drug Application (NDA), Marketing, Phase IV Trials
Created by: thummuru
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