Question | Answer |
The first physician known by name was | Imhotep |
Hippocrates approach to medicine was based on | careful observation |
the ancient Greek goddess of medicinal Herbs was | Panacea |
Derived from the bark of the Peruvian tree, Jesuit's powder, used along with preventive measures, helps keep this disease under control | malaria |
Aspirin is made from salicylic acid from the bark of the ___ tree | willow |
____ was the first effective local anesthetic | Cocaine |
Around 3000 B.C. ______established by trial and error, about 365 herbs that could be used as health treatments | the chinese emperor Shen Nung |
The __ from __ is an 1100 page scroll document containing about 800 prescriptions using 700 drugs mostly derived from plants | Papyrus Ebers, 1500 B.C. |
The first great book of Indian medicine describing over 500 herbal drugs that had been used for centuries was written in | 100 A.D. |
The Persian Rhazes who wrote one of the most popular textbooks of medicine in the middle ages was a man of science and | an alchemist |
__ was a __ physician who wrote a five volume encyclopdia in __ one of which was devoted to natural medicines and another compounding drugs from individual medications | Avicenna, Islamic, 1000 A.D. |
An authoritative listing of drugs and issues related to their use is a | Pharmacopeia |
___ Showed that heat can be use do kill micoorganisms associated with food spoilage | Pasteur |
___ discovered penicillin could kill some bacteria | Fleming |
____ are substances produced by the body to regulate body functions | Hormones |
____ identified the structure of DNA | Watson and Crick |
The pharmaceutical manufacturing industry devotes about ___ of its income to research and development | 1/6 |
____ protect against illegal copying of new discoveries | Patenting |
The FDA is required to | - ensure that a drug is safe and effective for its intended use
- monitor a drug after it is marketed to enusre it works
as intended
- monitor a drucg for any adverse effects |
The length of time from the beginning of development of a new drug to FDA approval is often more than ___ years | Ten |
Tn most cases the individual who dispenses the perscribed medication to the patient is the | Pharmacist |
The Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (OBRA) requries that pharmacists provide | Counseling services to Medicaid patients |
To become a pharmacist in the U.S. | An individual must graduate from an accredited college of pharmacy, pass a state licensing exam, and perform experiential training working under a licnsed pharmacist |
The area of greatest employment for pharmacists is | Community pharmacies |
In managed care, care is managed by an | insurer |
Lists of drugs approved for use by managed care oranizations are called | formularies |
Information that is entered and stored into a computer, such as a patients name is called | data |