Pharma Master Deck - MIDTERMS

Pen Tsao

Earliest compilation of drugs written by Emperor Shengnung around 2700 BC

Code of Hammurabi

Described penalties for malpractice of practitioners

Kahun Papyrus

Oldest record of Egyptian drugs

Ebers Papyrus

Compilation of disease conditions and prescriptions

Hippocrates

Father of Medicine

Vis Medicatrix Naturae

Healing power of nature

Aristotle

Formed the scientific basis of medicine

Theophrastus

Systematically classified medicinal plants

Carolus Linnaeus

Father of Taxonomy; established modern scientific naming system

Dioscorides

Compiled the first Materia Medica

Galen

Studied physiology and materia medica

Valerius Cordus

Compiled the first pharmacopeia

William Harvey

Discovered blood circulation

Christopher Wren

Performed the first IV injection of drugs into a dog in 1630

Alexander Wood

Developed the first hypodermic needle and syringe in 1850

Paracelsus

Introduced the clinical use of opium (laudanum)

Friedrich Sertürner

Isolated morphine from opium

Edward Jenner

Discovered the smallpox vaccine

Francois Magendie

Established the foundation of modern pharmacology

Rudolph Buchheim

Father of Pharmacology

John Abel

Father of Pharmacology in the United States

Paul Ehrlich

Father of Chemotherapy

Alexander Fleming

Isolated penicillin in 1928

Gerhard Domagk

Isolated sulfonamides in 1935

Pharmacology

Study of drugs and their effects on living systems

Pharmacognosy

Study of the sources of drugs

Pharmacodynamics

Study of drug actions and mechanisms

Pharmacotherapy

Study of the use of drugs in treating disease

Toxicology

Study of poisons and harmful effects of drugs

Drug

Substance used for diagnosis, treatment, prevention, or mitigation of disease

Chemotherapy

Use of drugs that selectively destroy or inhibit disease

Pharmacokinetics

Study of absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion of drugs

Clinical Pharmacology

Study of drugs in animal patients

Posology

Study of medicine dosage

Dose

Amount of drug administered at one time

Dosage

Determination and regulation of a dose

Metrology

Study of weights and measures used in drug preparation

Pharmacy

Collection, preparation, standardization, and dispensing of drugs

Biopharmaceutics

Interaction between drugs, excipients, and formulations

Materia Medica

Study of pharmacy, pharmacognosy, posology, and indications of drugs

Pharmacopeia

Official book containing drug standards and information

Pharmacogenetics

Study of single

Pharmacogenomics

Study of all genes affecting drug response

Nutraceuticals

Nutritional products with therapeutic value

Pharmacovigilance

Monitoring drug safety and minimizing risks

ADE

Adverse Drug Experience; any adverse event associated with drug use