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Alternative Medicine
Use of herbs, dietary supplements, and homeopathic remedies rather than pharmaceuticals
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Apothecary
Forerunner of the modern pharmacists; the name also refers to the shop
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Biopharmaceutical
a drug produced by recombinant DNA technology
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Black Box Warning
information printed on a drug package to alert prescribers to potential problems with the drug
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Brand Name
the name under which the manufacturer markets a drug; also known as the trade name or proprietary name
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Chemical Name
A name that describes a drug's chemical composition in detail
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Clinical Trial
drug testing on humans, used to determine drug safety and efficay
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Double Blind Study
a clinical trial in which neither the trial participants nor the study staff know whether a particular participant is in the control group or the experimental group.
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Drug
a medicinal substance or remedy used to change the way a living organism functions; also called medication
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Generic Name
A name that identifies a drug independently of its manufacturer; sometimes denotes a drug that is not protected by a trademark; also referred to as a USAN (United States Adopted Name)
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Homeopathy
a system of therapeutics in which diseases are treated by administering minute doses of drugs that, in healthy patients, are capable of producing symptoms like those of the disease being treated
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Legend Drug
a drug that may be sold only by prescription and must be labeled "Caution: Federal law prohibits dispensing without prescription" or "Rx only"
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Pharmacognosy
The study and identification of natural sources of drugs
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Pharmacologic Effect
the action of a drug on a living system
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Pharmacology
the science of drugs and their interactions with systems of living animals
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Pharmacopoeia
an offical listing of medicinal preparations
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Pharmakon
a Greek word meaning a magic spell, remedy, or poison that was used in early records to represent the concept of a drug
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Placebo
an inactive substance with no treatment value
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Prophylactic Drug
a drug that prevents or decreases the severity of a disease
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Therapeutic Drug
a drug that relieves symptoms of a disease
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