Concept of Drug – This book covers the entire syllabus of “Pharmacology” prescribed by BNMC- for diploma in nursing science & midwifery students. We tried to accommodate the latest information and topics. This book is an examination set up according to the teachers’ lectures and examination questions.
At the end of the book, previous questions are given. We hope in touch with the book students’ knowledge will be upgraded and flourish. The unique way of presentation may make your reading of the book a pleasurable experience.
Concept of Drug
General Pharmacology:
The general pharmacology involves the aspects of sources of drugs, route of administration of drugs, absorption of drugs and factors affecting them, distribution, bio-transformation and excretion. It also involves the mechanism by which drug is acting with receptor, toxicity of drug and preclinical & clinical evaluation.
Drug
The word drug is derived from French word drogue which means ‘a dry herb’. “A Drug is any substance or product that is used or is intended to be used to modify or explore physiological systems or pathological states for the benefit of the recipient.”
[Ref- Bennett, Brown/10/5+ Misbahuddin/5/2]
Properties of an ideal drug:
1. A drug molecule must have appropriate size, electrical charge, shape and atomic composition.
2. A useful drug must have the necessary properties to be transported from its site of administration to its site of action.
3. A practical drug should be inactivated or excreted from the body at a reasonable rate so that its actions will be of appropriate duration.
[Ref-A Short Text Book of Pharmacology for Nursing & MATS/Dr. Tanvir/4]
Benefits of The Recipient Are:
1. In diagnosis of disease
2. In the treatment of disease
3. In control of disease
4. In prevention of disease
5. In Alteration of normal physiology
6. In Cure of disease.
[Ref-A Short Text Book of Pharmacology for Nursing & MATS/Dr. Tanvir/31]
Read more: