Chon chem

• Medicine -Term that is used to generally refer to the science or practice of diagnosis and treatme
• Medicine - is used to either treat a disease or to relieve pain which usually comes in the form of pill or liquid. 
• What are these?

  Caduceus

  Rod of Asclepius

  Bowl of Hygieia

  
• Caduceus - features two snakes winding around a winged staff, sometimes with a pair of wings at the top.

   

  ● was Hermes’ staff, which had magical properties and was associated with diplomacy, commerce, and negotiation rather than medicine.
• Rod of asclepius -is a widely recognized symbol in pharmacy and medicine, representing healing and the medical profession. It features a single snake coiled around a staff or rod.
• Bowl of Hygieia -  typically depicts a bowl or cup with a serpent coiled around it.

   

  ●The symbol emphasizes cleanliness and the importance of pharmaceutical preparations in maintaining health and preventing disease.
• Source of medicine:

  • Natural

  • Semi-synthetic

  • Biosynthetic
• Drugs (differs from med)

  • has physiological effect when ingested

  • treating disease, relieving pain, recreation, and improving cognitive abilities

  • either positive or negative

  • associated with negative connotations
• Medicine (differs from drug)

  • a substance that is use in treating disease or relieving pain

  •use to treat disease or relieve pain

  •positive effect

  •not associated with negative connotations
• Major classifications of medicine

  .Therapeutic

  .Pharmacologic

  .Amalgated

  .legal
• Therapeutic classification - also known as medications. these are substances that are used to prevent medical conditions
• example of therapeutic

  anticoagulant, hyperlipidemic , hypersensitive, dysrhythmic, antianginal,

  neurologic agent, antidepressant, rheumatologist, fungal, biotics, statin, antiplatelets, antidiarrhea, antiulcer
• Pharmacologic classification - specifically designed to interact with the body's physiological processes.
• example of pharmacologic classification

  antidiabetic, anorexic agents, antibacterial, anti-amoebic, antimalarial, antiviral, cholinergic, CNS stimulants
• amalgated classifications - refers to predominantly anti-inflammatory drugs
• example of amalgated

  .Ibuprofen

  .Advil

  .Nurofen

  .Motrin
• agonist (differs from antagonist)

  affinity to receptor

  intrinsic activity
• antagonist (differs from agonist)

  Have affinity

  Lack intrinsic activity