Question | Answer |
a drug can be a | homeopathic remedy |
a diet supplement can be | a drug |
a drug is any substance taken into/applied to the body to | alter biochemical functions & its physiological process |
drugs contain 1 or more | active ingredient |
an active ingredient is a biochemically active component that | produces desired therapeutic effect |
an inert ingredient is an active chemical that has slim to non | physiological effect in 1 or more active ingredients to improve drug form like fillers, preservables, color, flavors, etc. |
an inert ingredient is also known as | inactive ingredient |
the 1st vaccination was for | small pox |
insullin is a | life saver |
penicillin was the | 1st antibiotic |
dr. edward jenner performed the | 1st vaccine in 1796 |
dr. jenner noticed that dairyworkers who had cowpox exposure | were immune to smallpox |
that antibodies of cowpox exposure provided | crossimmunity with smallpox |
an antibody of the immune system neutralizes | antigens or foreign substances in the body |
dr. jenner found that the disease "smallpox" could be prevented by | inoculating with bacteria from a person with mild smallpox |
smallpox was the 1st disease to | be eradicated |
due to purity & mass production problems, early vaccines had | high complication rates |
in the early 1900's, madame curie did | pioneering with radioactivity |
madame curie won | 2 nobel prizes |
madame curie won one | nobel prize for physics & another for chemistry |
madame curie promoted the use of | radium to relieve WWI soldiers from suffering |
radioactive scans are | organ scans, CAT scans, radiation therapy, nuclear medicine, nuclear pharm], & MRI scans |
in the 1920s, sir fredrick banting & charles best | discovered insulin |
prior to best & banting's discovery, the link between | the pancreas & diabetes was shown |
pancreatic extract kept | diabetics from dieing |
pancreatic extract was isolated & purified after | the diabetic dog experiment |
insulin was called a | significant medical advance |
techs help diabetics | choose supplies |
techs stress the importance of | dosage & blood sugar monitoring |
antibiotics are chemicals that treat bacterial infections & can | kill/inhibit microorganism growth |
in 1928, dr. alexander fleming found | penicillin by accident |
dr. fleming saw bacterial cultures | had fungal growth |
dr. fleming noticed tha the fugus | suppressed the bacterial growth |
the antibacterial fungus that dr. fleming found was | penicillin |
in WWII, penicillin | saved soldier's lives |
until 1945, penicillin was, | mass produced |
penicillin causes most | drug allergies |
penicillin underscores the need to check | drug allergy history |