Question | Answer |
in order for developing antibiotic resistance, patients need to | fininsh antibiotic treatment in it's entirety |
the polio virus attacks the | central nervous system |
polio caused death or | paralysis in children mostly |
in 1952, the u.s. had over | 21,000 cases of severe paralytic polio reported |
jonas salk & albert sabin independently invented | polio vaccines in 1953 |
in 1953, salk developed | polio vaccine injections |
in 1955, mass polio vaccines responded to | the 28,000 reported polio cases |
there were only | 15 reported cases of polio in 1956 |
in the 1920s, estrogen & prgesterone hormones were | identified |
in 1954, drs. gregory pincus & john rock tested | birth control pills on women |
larger-scale trials of "the pill" had to be | conducted out of the u.s. |
in 1960, the fda allowed envoid b.c. pills by | g.d. searle to be marketed |
in 1962, the fda allowed ortho-novum b.c. pills by | syntex to be marketed |
by 1963, 2.3 million women | were on the pill |
the pill in it's early stages, had | high hormone levels leading to side effects |
the pill overtime contained | less hormone concentration & are 99% effective |
pharm] techs must know the | top 200 most dispensed drugs |
drug tolerance happens when the body | requires higher dosages of a drug for the same therapeutic result |
withdrawl symptoms of control substance users may include | anxiety, restlessness, insomnia, diarrhea, vomitting, & goose bumps |
monitoring rx or control drugs is | an important pharm] role |
homeopathic meds are small dilutionsof | natursl drugs claimed to stimulate the immune system |
homeopathic meds use subclinical doses of | natural extracts or alcohol tintures |
small doses of homeopathic meds allegedly | stimulate the immune system |
some homeopathic meds. require | a prescription |
dietary supplements are vitamins, minerals,& herbal supplements that are | non-rx & not fda approved |
diet supplements are (unlike otc & rx drugs) | stringently controlled |
drugs can be derived from | single-celled organisms, animals, & human specimens |
streptomycin is an | antibiotic |
streptomycesgrisens is | bacterium |
acetyl salicylic acid is | aspirin |
opium is a form of | morphine |
synthetic drugs imitate | natural drugs |
barbiturates is a synthetic drug once used to | treat seizures |
a semisynthetic drug combines | natural & synthetic components (molecules) |
dicloxacillin & nafcillin are | semisynthetic penecillins |
dicloxacillin & nafcillin are killed bacteria that | resists natural penicillin |
dicloxacillin & nafcillin are also | biogenetically engineered drugs |
biotechnology combines sciences of | biology, chemistry, & immunology to make synthetic drugs |
deoxyribonuclei acid is | dna |
a genome is the | entire dna organism (genes included) |
ribonucleic acid is | rna |