Chemicals in medicines Rakesh Mohan Hallen The words medicine’ and ’drug’ are often used in our country to mean the same substances: any substance‚ manufactured artificially‚ which can help recovery from sickness‚ relieve symptoms or modify a natural process in the body. A medicine is often a mixture of several chemical compounds. Even if it has only one active component compound often other substances are used as fillers or binders to give it bulk. Chemistry‚ the science related to chemical substances
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________________________ Student Exploration: Drug Dosage Vocabulary: controlled release‚ dosage‚ drug‚ overdose‚ target organ Prior Knowledge Question (Do this BEFORE using the Gizmo.) Suppose you take aspirin for a headache. What happens after you swallow the pill? The aspirin starts begins to dissolve by the enzymes and are soaked in while traveling down to the stomach. They then are distributed to the areas that need the pain relief. Gizmo Warm-up A drug is a substance that causes
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of condition worsening. Drinking water Bronchitis causes you to cough a lot and also bring up phlegm; drinking water will help to keep your throat moist and also reduce the heavy coughing‚ also to prevent dehydration. Medication The aspirin or acetaminophen should be taken if the person has headaches or fevers. If it’s a bacteria bronchitis antibiotics may be prescribed to kill the bacteria‚ however if it’s a viral infection. The doctor will prescribe you with an inhaler if the person
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techniques in order to purify a sample. One of these techniques to make an impure sample pure is by recrystallization. This experiment includes the determination of a good solvent for recrystallization for compounds such as: acetanilide‚ acetamide‚ aspirin‚ benzoic acid‚ naphthalene‚ and sucrose‚ for solvents such as: water‚ ethanol‚ benzene‚ and ethyl acetate. Also pure acetanilide is achieved. here are five major steps in the recrystallization process: dissolving the solute in the solvent‚ performing
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how people barely survive. In the film Kretzu had gotten sick during her stay in the slum and had to make a big decision between food to feed her already starving body or aspirin to bring down her fever. It’s a decision that people in some parts of the world would never have to make‚ to choose between food for the day or aspirin. I for one have never been faced with that choice or could imagine choosing between the two. It is something that sticks with viewers and makes them think over and over again
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There was presence of Q waves in II‚ III and aVF leads with no other abnormalities. In route‚ a nasal cannula was placed with oxygen at 4 L. His vital signs remained unchanged. The chest pressure remained the same at 9 out of 10. Nonenteric-coated aspirin 325 mg was given to chew along with sublingual nitroglycerin 0.4 mg and morphine 2 mg IV. The cardiac monitor remained in place during transport. Hospital laboratory tests revealed total serum cholesterol of 160 mg/dl‚ HDL cholesterol of 55 mg/dl
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D1: Pharmaceutical drugs D.1.1 List the effects of medicines and drugs on the functioning of the body. Drug or medicine is a substance that does one or more of the following: Alters physiological state – consciousness‚ activity level‚ coordination Alters incoming sensory experience Alters mood or emotion The active ingredients in drugs and medicines can be isolated from a plants and animals or synthesized artificially. Drugs supposed to assist human body’s
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Introduction: Have you ever been in a situation where you needed a bandage or some sort of antibiotic‚ if not for yourself but for a family member or even for your kids. You never know when an accident or an emergency is bound to happen so its best to be prepared and ready for the worst. Everyone at home or in your car should have some sort of a emergency first aid kit and today I will show you how to put together a well prepared emergency first aid kit. Putting together a first aid kit is very
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Song of Love | | | The Song of the Sea | | | The Song of Evil | | | 30. | What did the doctor use to treat the baby’s scorpion sting? | | A powder-filled capsule and ammonia | | | A corn cake poultice and one aspirin | | | Snake venom and one aspirin | | | A vial of pulque and seaweed | | | Name _____________________________ | | | Date ___________________ The Pearl Key 1 - Answer ID # 1061331 | 31. | What caused Coyotito’s death? | | The plague |
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