bad bad drugs
please don't do drugs i'am trying to save you
DEFINITION
A medicine or other substance which has a physiological effect when ingested other wise introdued into the body
types of drugs
Knowing the drug classification can provide the health care professional with a great deal of initial information. However, there may be many different drugs with many different names within a class. There may be a chemical name, generic name (non-proprietary) or a trade or brand name (proprietary). The FDA web site has volumes of information relating to pharmacology and is a very valuable resource. The particular address below takes you to the home page for the Orange Book. One of the features of the Orange Book is that you can search for different names for the same drug. Identify 3 trade or brand names for:
- acetaminophen
- ibuprofen
- lidocaine
- mepivicaine
first effect
your'll have a head ake
second effect
your lung's die
third effect
it charge your face
first statistic
almost 50% of high school seniors have abused a drug of some one
second statistic
by 8th grade 15% of kids have used marijuana