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• Medicine - - IS THE  SCIENCE AND PRACTICE  OF THE DIAGNOSIS, TREATMENT AND PREVENTION OF DISEASE.
• humorism - WAS A SYSTEM OF MEDICINE DETAILING THE MAKE UP AND WORKINGS OF THE HUMAN BODY , ADOPTED BY ANCIENT GREEK , ROMAN PHYSICIANS, AND PHILOSOPHERS. BASED ON HIPPOCRATIC MEDICINE . IT WAS BELIEVED THAT THE FOUR HUMORS WERE TO BE IN BALANCED PROPORTIONS FOR A BODY TO BE HEALTHY
• Humors

  •BLACK BILE – CAUSES DEPPRESSION

  •YELLOW BILE – PRODUCE AGGRESSION

  •PHLEGM – APATHETIC BEHAVIOR

  •BLOOD- ENTHUSIASM
• Pre scientific forms of medicine

  •TRADITIONAL MEDICINE/FOLK MEDICINE

  •ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE

  •QUACKERY
• Classifications of medicine

  •PRESCRIPTION ONLY MEDICINE

  •PHARMACY

  •OVER THE COUNTER MEDICINES

  •THERAPEUTIC

  •PHARMACOLOGICAL
• Prescription drug

  ARE MEDICINES THAT ARE PRESCRIBED TO A PATIENT BY A DOCTOR TO MANAGE PAIN, TREAT, OR CURE A HEALTH CONDITION SUCH AS PAIN ,MENTAL DISEASES, DIABETES, CANCER OR COMMON INFECTIONS.
• Classification of prescription drugs

  • Pain killers or opiods
  • Deppressants
  • Ritalin
  • Stimulants
• Pain killers or opiods examples

  • Morphine
  • opium
  • codeine
  • hydrocodone
  • oxycodone
• Pain killers or opiods -DRUGS THAT CONTAIN OPIUM OR DERIVED FROM IMITATE OPIUM
• Morphine - A NARCOTIC PAIN KILLERS WORKS BY DULLING THE PAIN PERCEPTION IN THE CENTER OF THE BRAIN. ALSO USED AS SEDATIVE.
• Opium - FROM THE OPIUM POPPY, FORMERLY USED IN MEDICINE TO SOOTHE PAIN BUT IS NOW OPEN REPLACED BY DERIVATIVES ALKALOIDS. (MORPHINE OR CODEINE) OR MAN MADE SUBSTITUTES OPIODS.
• Codeine - LIKE MORPHINE IT IS FOUND IN OPIUM, IS WEAKER IN ACTION THAN MORPHINE AND IS USED ESPECIALLY AS PAIN KILLER.
• Hydrocodone - OFTEN COMBINED WITH ACETAMINOPHEN FOR USED AS PAINKILLER. VICODIN IS AN EXAMPLE.
• Oxycodone - A NARCOTIC PAINKILLER, FOR EXAMPLE VICODIN.
• Stimulants -ARE SOMETIMES PRESCRIBED BY THE DOCTOR TO TREAT CONDITIONS SUCH AS ASTHMA, RESPIRATORY PROBLEMS, OBESITY, ATTENTION DEFICIT HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER AND SLEEP DISORDERS LIKE NARCOLEPSY.
• Amphetamines and dextroamphetamines - ARE STIMULANT DRUGS WHOSE EFFECTS ARE SIMILAR TO COCAINE.
• Methampetamines - IS A HIGHLY ADDICTIVE STIMULANTDRUG THAT IS PART OF A LARGER FAMILY OF AMPHETAMINES.
• Methylpenidates - IS A CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANT. IT HAS EFFECT SIMILAR TO BUT STRONGER THAN CAFFEINEAND LESS POTENT THAN AMPHETAMINES
• Stimulants examples

  • AMPHETAMINES AND DEXTROAMPHETAMINES
  • METHAMPETAMINES
  • METHYLPENIDATES
• Deppressants - OFTEN REFERRED TO AS SEDATIVES OR TRANQUILIZERS. IT CAN SLOW NORMAL BRAIN FUNCTION. IT HAS A DROWSY AND CALMING EFFECT.
• Deppressants example

  • Barbitubrates
  • Benzodiazepines
• Ritalin - COMES IN SMALL PILLS THE SIZE AND SHAPE OF ASPIRIN TABLETS. THEY COME IN PALE COLOR. THE DEA IN THE SAME CATEGORY AS COCAINE AND MORPHINE. ITS ADDICTIVE AND CAN BE LEAD TO CONSUMING STRONGER DRUGS TO ACHIEVE THE SAME HIGH.
• Rx - IS OFTEN USED AS A SHORT FORM FOR PRESCRIPTION LATIN WORD “RECIPE MEANS TAKE” PRESCRIPTION DRUG ALWAYS DISPENSED TOGETHER WITH MONOGRAPH (IN EUROPE A PATIENT INFORMATION LEAFLET OR PIL) THAT GIVES DETAILED INFORMATION ABOUT THE DRUG.
• Law

  • FEDERAL FOOD DRUG AND COSMETIC ACT
  • COMPREHENSIVE DRUG ABUSE PREVENTION AND CONTROL ACT OF 1970
  • CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT
  • PRESCRIPTION DRUG MARKETING ACT
  • DRUG PRICE COMPETITION AND PATENT TERM RESTORATION ACT
  • MARIHUANA TAX ACT
  • HATCH WAXMAN EXEMPTION
• Government Agencies

  • DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
  • FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION
  • DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
  • DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION
• Us pharmacopeia - SET THE STANDARDS FOR HEALTH CARE. ITS COLLECT AND DISSEMINATE PRODUCT USE INFORMATION TO PROVIDERS AND CONSUMERS
• Reasons why people abused drug perceeption

  •TO EXPERIMENT

  •TO FEEL GOOD/GET HIGH

  •TO PRODUCE APETITE

  •TO RELAX, REDUCED TENSION

  •TO BE ACCEPTED BY PEERS /BE SOCIAL

  •TO FEED AN ADDICTION