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    Medicines and drugs alter the physiological state and sensory experiences of the body, as well as mood and emotion. They are meant to help the body's natural regeneration processes. There are four main stages in researching, developing, and testing new pharmaceutical products: (1) isolating or synthesizing the drug, (2) testing it on animals to determine lethal and effective doses, (3) conducting clinical trials in humans to test pharmacology, therapeutic effects, and confirm findings, and (4) obtaining FDA approval and classification as over-the-counter or prescription. Drugs can be administered through injection (intravenous, intramuscular, subcutaneous), orally, rectally, by inhalation, or

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    Medicines and drugs alter the physiological state and sensory experiences of the body, as well as mood and emotion. They are meant to help the body's natural regeneration processes. There are four main stages in researching, developing, and testing new pharmaceutical products: (1) isolating or synthesizing the drug, (2) testing it on animals to determine lethal and effective doses, (3) conducting clinical trials in humans to test pharmacology, therapeutic effects, and confirm findings, and (4) obtaining FDA approval and classification as over-the-counter or prescription. Drugs can be administered through injection (intravenous, intramuscular, subcutaneous), orally, rectally, by inhalation, or

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    Option D: Medicines and Drugs D.1: Pharmaceutical Products: Maheer Ahmed Susheel Palakurthi Patrice Dejean Justin Dinall

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    Medicines and drugs alter the physiological state and sensory experiences of the body, as well as mood and emotion. They are meant to help the body's natural regeneration processes. There are four main stages in researching, developing, and testing new pharmaceutical products: (1) isolating or synthesizing the drug, (2) testing it on animals to determine lethal and effective doses, (3) conducting clinical trials in humans to test pharmacology, therapeutic effects, and confirm findings, and (4) obtaining FDA approval and classification as over-the-counter or prescription. Drugs can be administered through injection (intravenous, intramuscular, subcutaneous), orally, rectally, by inhalation, or

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    Option D: Medicines and Drugs D.

    1: Pharmaceutical products
    Maheer Ahmed Susheel Palakurthi Patrice Dejean Justin Dinall

    D.1.1: List the effects of medicines and drugs on the functioning of the body.
    Alters physiological state Alters incoming sensory experience Alters mood or emotion Supposed to help human bodys natural regeneration Placebo effect: tricks mind into starting healing process

    1. Drug must be isolated or synthesized 2. Dug tests on animals. LD50 and ED50 are determined 3. Drug moves to clinical trials: Human pharmacology, therapeutic exploratory, confirmatory stage 4. FDA approved and decides if OTC or prescription needed

    D.1.2: Outline the stages involved in the research, development and testing of new pharmaceutical products

    D.1.3: Describe the different methods of administering drugs.


    Injection
    Intravenous: veins Intramuscular: muscles Subcutaneous: under skin

    Orally: mouth Rectally: anus By inhalation Topically: skin

    D.1.4: Discuss the terms therapeutic window, tolerance and side effects.
    Therapeutic window: difference between an effective dose and a lethal dose. Tolerance: a person increased resistance to get the drugs desired effect Side effects: undesired effects of drugs

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