PHARMACOTHERAPY DEFINITION USE OF DRUGS IN THE PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF DISEASES. Treating disease through the administration of drugs. CLASSIFICATION OF DRUGS 1. based on how they are dispensed 2. based on where they are derived CLASSIFICATION OF DRUGS 3. based on their name a. chemical name b. generic name c. brand name CLASSIFICATION OF DRUGS 4. based on dosage forms 5. based on routes of administration
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Drug Testing Gabrielle A. Pili-Mahoe ENGLISH 3 –Period 1 Argument Research Essay March 14‚ 2013 Gabrielle A. Pili-Mahoe Ms. Wright English 3 - Period 1 Argument Research Essay March 14‚ 2013 Unlike most people‚ that has vehicles of their own to transport them from and to their location. But other people they don’t have that advantage‚ they would have to take public transportation‚ such as taxis and especially the city buses. For the employees know that their workplace is at safety
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Islam and Drugs O You who believe! Intoxicants and gambling‚ (dedication of) stones and (divination by) arrows are an abomination of Satan’s handiwork. Avoid (such abominations) that you may prosper. (5:90) Today’s youth has been taken on the toll of increased drug-usage‚ and this includes the young Muslims too. More Muslim youth is caught up in drugs than we wish to know. Drug use among Muslims is a creeping enemy that involves the abuse of substances ranging from the inhaling of household
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Crude drug A crude drug is any naturally occurring‚ unrefined substance derived from organic or inorganic sources such as plant‚ animal‚ bacteria‚ organs or whole organisms intended for use in the diagnosis‚ cure‚ mitigation‚ treatment‚ or prevention of disease in man or other animals. Crude drugs are unrefined medications in their raw or natural forms. Prior to the 1950s‚ every pharmacy student learned about crude drugs in pharmacognosy class. Pharmacognosy is the study of the proper horticulture
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Thesis: The abuse of alcohol and drugs can affect a person economically‚ psychologically‚ and physically. Topic Outline : I. Economical effects (Main idea) A. Alcohol (Sub-idea) 1. Cost of alcohol purchases (Detail of A) 2. Cost of DUIs (Detail of A) B. Drugs (Sub-point) 1. Cost of drug purchases (Detail of B) 2. Cost of drug arrest (Detail of B) II. Psychological effects A. Alcohol 1. Mental impairment 2. Mental addiction B. Drugs 1. Mental impairment 2. Mental
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"Say No to Drugs" is now visible almost everywhere. Drug addiction is a major social evil of modern times. Major newspaper headlines and sensational television coverage scream about drug abuse and related crimes. Fascination for drugs and their easy availability have heightened the number of drug abuse cases particularly among youngsters. Drugs produce a sense of euphoria but they are very dangerous because the users gradually get addicted and are always at risk of a variety of life-threatening diseases
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Unit 1 Short Paper Psychoactive Drugs I believe was designed to be used for medical purposes‚ which I also fee that people who use them are in danger of harming their body and mind. According to news briefs People like Michael Jackson and Jerald Levert also others known people have abused drugs for what reason I can only guess for depression or the stress of being celebrity. Whatever the reasons were they are no longer living due to the drug abuse‚ so I can only imagine the people who are
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as hard. Any enhancement is unethical and unfair. Using such drugs would be an advantage that no one should have. There are multiple reasons brain enhancement is wrong. One reason is that it is unnatural. Taking a pill or some other form of medication to make you more cognitively enhanced is very unnatural. Keim makes an argument against this that I will later address‚ but anything that alters your brain function in an unnecessary way is unnatural. Natural would be considered stimulating your brain
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DRUG STUDY DRUG ACTION INDICATION / CONTRAINDICATION NURSING RESPONSIBILITIES Generic Name: Cephalexin Classification: Cephalosporin Dosage: 500 mg capsule Frequency: TID Route: PO Mechanism of Action: They stop or slow the growth of bacterial cells by preventing bacteria from forming the cell wall that surrounds each cell. The cell wall protects bacteria from the external environment and keeps the contents of the cell together. Adverse Reactions: diarrhea‚ nausea‚ sore
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The Drug Enforcement Administration was established on July 1‚ 1973‚ by Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1973‚ signed by President Richard Nixon on July 28.[2] It proposed the creation of a single federal agency to enforce the federal drug laws as well as consolidate and coordinate the government’s drug control activities. Congress accepted the proposal‚ as they were concerned with the growing availability of drugs.[3] As a result‚ the Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs (BNDD)‚ the Office of Drug
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