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Pharmacology
Chapter 17
Pharmacology
 Definition
 The effect of drugs on the body and
the effect of the body on drugs
Naming of Drugs
 Each drug has 3 names
 Its chemical name
 Specifies chemical structure
 Generic name
 Name used by other companies
 Trade names
 Name used by the company who received
the patent for it.
Naming of Drugs (example)
 Tylenol
 Chemical name
 N-(4-hydroxyphenyl) acetamide
 Generic name
 Acetaminophen
 Trade name
 Tylenol
Classification of Drugs
 3 classifications
 Over the counter drugs (OTC)
 Ibuprofen, Tylenol, Aleve
 Prescription drugs (Rx)
 Naprosyn, Amoxicillin
 Controlled Substances or scheduled drugs
 Both OTC and RX medicines fall under a
schedule of drug
Scheduled drugs
 Schedule I
 high abuse potential, no accepted
medical use
 Schedule II
 high abuse potential, accepted medical
use
 Schedule III
 Lower abuse potential, accepted medical
use
Scheduled drugs
 Schedule IV
 lower abuse potential than schedule 3,
accepted medical use
 Schedule V
 lowest abuse potential, some non
prescription
Schedule drugs cont.
 Examples
 Schedule I
 Heroin, Marijuana, LSD
 Schedule II
 Cocaine, Codeine, Morphine,
Methamphetamine, THC
 Schedule III
 Anabolic steroids,
Schedule drugs cont.
 Schedule IV
 Valium, Xanax
 Schedule V
 Cough mixtures containing codeine, Antidiarrheal mixtures with opium
Common Therapeutic Categories
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Analgesics
Antibiotics
Anti-hypertensives
Anti-inflammatory drugs
Asthma drugs
Anti-fungal
Analgesics
 Pain Reliever
 NSAID’s, Opioids
Antibiotics
 Kills bacterial infections
 Penicillin
Anti-hypertensives
 Decrease blood pressure,
hypertension, and relaxes
 Beta 2- blockers, diuretics
Anti-inflammatory
 Decrease swelling
 NSAID’s
Asthma Drugs
 Helps with controlling asthma
 Albuterol
Anti-fungal
 Kills fungal infections
 Lamisil, Tinactin, Oral Diflucan (for
ring worm)
Administration
 Drugs can be administered many
different ways
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Oral
Sublingual or buccal
Rectal
Topical
Inhalation
Injection
Common Medications uses and
differences
 Tylenol
 Analgesic and anti-pyretic
 Advil
 Anti-inflammatory, analgesic and anti-pyretic
 Bayer Asprin
 Anti-inflammatory, anti-pyretic, anti-coagulant
and analgesic
 Aleve
 Anti-inflammatory, analgesic and anti-pyretic
Drug testing
 Drug testing is different in many different settings.
 Colleges
 Each college usually has monthly drug tests that test
for illegal/illicit drugs
 NCAA
 The NCAA does their testing once a semester for
anabolic steroids and other performance enhancing
agents.
 Olympic
 Test for all drugs including steroids, illegal drugs.
 They use the world anti-drug agency’s list of banned
substances
 Professional
 Test for mainly illegal illicit drugs and steroids. They
also have randomized testing that varies team to team.