Misconceptions in Health and Medicine

1. All substances can be toxic under certain circumstances. 2) All dietary supplements and therapies should meet the same standards of efficacy and safety as conventional drugs.

Due to the irrational use of expensive, ineffective, and sometimes harmful remedies.

Pharmacology seeks to understand how drugs exert their effects at the molecular, cellular, and organism levels.

<p>The proportion of impurities is greater in botanicals, but otherwise, they are no different from chemicals in manufactured drugs.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Lack of understanding of basic scientific principles in biology and statistics, as well as the absence of critical thinking about public health issues.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>To ensure that there is no artificial separation between scientific medicines and alternative or complementary medicine.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Pharmacology is the science of drugs.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Pharmacology can be defined as an experimental science that studies changes brought about by chemically acting substances in vivo and in vitro.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Pharmacology is an integrative discipline involving other fields such as physiology, biochemistry, microbiology, and immunology.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Pharmacology attempts to describe the biological responses produced by substances known as drugs and the underlying mechanisms of these responses.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Pharmacology involves studying the effects of drugs on living organisms, while pharmacy is responsible for the identification, standardization, and dispensing of drugs.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Medical pharmacology is defined as the science of substances used to prevent, diagnose, and treat disease.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Establish guidelines for occupational safety and exposure limits to protect workers</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Analyze biological samples to detect toxic substances in poisoning or drug overdose cases</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Manage poisoning and overdose cases, provide medical treatment and support</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Develop regulations and guidelines for safe use of chemicals, evaluate toxicological data</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>To detect toxic substances in cases of poisoning, drug overdoses, or other incidents</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Rational therapeutics, especially controlled clinical trial</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Molecular basis for drug action</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Orphan receptors</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Unsuspected relationships between receptor families</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Small segments of RNA can interfere with protein synthesis with extreme selectivity</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Still ongoing</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An anticoagulant found in the saliva of leeches</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Laboratory-based creation of chemical compounds designed for therapeutic effects</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Aspirin (Acetylsalicylic Acid)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Pain relief, fever reduction, and anti-inflammatory purposes</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Acetaminophen</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Pain relief and reducing inflammation</p> Signup and view all the answers