Chapter 11 Drugs as Medicines Study Guide
All drugs work by changing body processes.
Aspirin has been known to cause Reye’s syndrome in children.
Ibuprofen and acetaminophen relieve fever, pain, and inflammation.
Cold medicines and antihistamines can cause drowsiness.
When you develop tolerance for a drug, you require stronger doses to get the desired effect.
Drug interactions cause many deaths.
An antagonist is a drug that prevents the action of another drug.
A drug is said to be effective when it does what its maker claims it will.
Proper drug testing ensures that a drug’s effects and side effects are known before people begin using
it.
The FDA checks to be sure drugs are safe.
The antibiotics are used to prevent bacteria from dividing.
A lethal dose of a drug causes death.
Pain is a signal from your body that something is out of balance.
Some symptoms produced by caffeine are speeded up heart rate, loss of water through frequent
urination, signs of stress and tense muscles.
A drug that peps up the activity of the central nervous system is considered a stimulant.
Drugs legally available without a prescription are called over-the-counter drugs (OTC).
People who think they are well but find symptoms returning have suffered a relapse.
The FDA divides medicines into two classes: over-the-counter (OTC) drugs, sold freely; and prescription
drug, sold only with a physician’s prescription.
One side effect of diet pills is organ damage or death from bleeding of the brain.
Tolerance sets the stage for the development of addiction and/or accidental overdose.
Factors that alter a drug’s effects are the drug itself, the form in which it is taken, the route by which it is
taken, when it is taken(with or without food, for example), your body(age, weight, expectations), other
drugs taken with it, and the taker’s history of drug use.
Chronic: in relation to illness, this term refers to a disease or condition that develops slowly, shows little
change, and lasts a long time.
Generic names are the chemical names of drugs and the generic names never begin with capital letters.
Brand names are the names given to drugs by the companies than make them and they are always
capitalized. (They also have a circled R by their names, meaning ”registered trademark.”)
Drug advertising often makes claims too good to be true.
The correct amount of each dose is found on a medicine label.
A drug is a substance taken into the body that change one or more of the body’s functions.
Drugs do not cure diseases themselves, although they can help.
All drugs have side effects.
Antacids reduce mineral absorption from the food we eat.
Liquid drugs may absorb faster into the body.
Drug tolerance varies from person to person.
In terms of drugs, “safe” means causing no undue harm.
Antibiotics fight bacterial infection.
Before the development of safer drugs, alcohol was used to kill pain during surgery.
OTC drugs can help relieve symptoms; they often do nothing to treat the underlying illness.
Prescription drugs should be kept in their original containers.
Caffeine is a stimulant drug.
Herb teas may contain chemicals that are harmful.
Aspirin may cause stomach bleeding.