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Introduction to Pharmacology
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Slide 9: Unit 1 will discuss Drug Sources, information, drug classification, and polypharmacy.Slide 10: Sources of Drugs include Plants, Animals, Minerals, and Synthetics.BEFORE MODERN SCIENCE, THE USE OF MEDICATIONS WAS BY TRIAL AND ERROR;NATIVES WATCHED WHAT THE BIRDS ATE TO DETERMINE SAFETYMOST DRUGS WERE DERIVED FROM PLANT AND MINERAL SOURCESTODAY, SYNTHETIC MANUFACTURING OF DRUGS PREVAILS. THIS MEANS: MADE IN THE LABORATORY, USING MODERN SCIENCE TO REPLICATE OR MAKE DRUGS SAFER, STRONGER, OR BETTER…WITH WHAT WE CALL THE THERAPEUTIC OBJECTIVE (WE WILL DISCUSS THIS SHORTLY)Slide 11: Sources of Drug Information include: PDR: PHYSICIANS’ DESK REFERENCE. WHEN I WAS IN NURSING SCHOOL, THIS WAS THE ONLY REFERENCE. IT WAS A BIG BOOK EASILY IDENTIFIED ON THE NURSING UNITS BY THE COLOR RED; EXCELLENT PICTURES OF EACH AND EVERY DRUG REFERENCED IN THE BOOK. THIS WAS HELPFUL WHEN CLIENTS WOULD DESCRIBE A PILL THEY TOOK FOR BLOOD PRESSURE. WE LOOKED UNDER ANTIHYPERTENSIVES, AND T
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Slide 9: Unit 1 will discuss Drug Sources, information, drug classification, and polypharmacy.Slide 10: Sources of Drugs include Plants, Animals, Minerals, and Synthetics.BEFORE MODERN SCIENCE, THE USE OF MEDICATIONS WAS BY TRIAL AND ERROR;NATIVES WATCHED WHAT THE BIRDS ATE TO DETERMINE SAFETYMOST DRUGS WERE DERIVED FROM PLANT AND MINERAL SOURCESTODAY, SYNTHETIC MANUFACTURING OF DRUGS PREVAILS. THIS MEANS: MADE IN THE LABORATORY, USING MODERN SCIENCE TO REPLICATE OR MAKE DRUGS SAFER, STRONGER, OR BETTER…WITH WHAT WE CALL THE THERAPEUTIC OBJECTIVE (WE WILL DISCUSS THIS SHORTLY)Slide 11: Sources of Drug Information include: PDR: PHYSICIANS’ DESK REFERENCE. WHEN I WAS IN NURSING SCHOOL, THIS WAS THE ONLY REFERENCE. IT WAS A BIG BOOK EASILY IDENTIFIED ON THE NURSING UNITS BY THE COLOR RED; EXCELLENT PICTURES OF EACH AND EVERY DRUG REFERENCED IN THE BOOK. THIS WAS HELPFUL WHEN CLIENTS WOULD DESCRIBE A PILL THEY TOOK FOR BLOOD PRESSURE. WE LOOKED UNDER ANTIHYPERTENSIVES, AND T
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