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COMMENT ON USAGE

A drug ii a compound uscd to trcar diseasc, iitjury or pain. To trem mcans to try to j curc while to cure is make a diseasc go completcly away (there arc many trcatmcnt* tor cne common cold, but there is no cure). Some trearments eontroi che disorderj, j

i.e. limit cheir inrcnsiry or normalize and climinate symptoms, like diabctes or hypercension may be controlled by drugs, che proper diet and regular exercisc. 1 A drug is also calied a medicinc or medłcatian. Medication also means treatment I using drugs. The formal terms for a drug are a pharmaecutical preparation and a ! medicinal product. The treatment of a diseasc by medicinc, not by operacion, is ' known as medical treatment. The adjcctive medicinal refers to a substance uscd as medicinc (for medicinal purposes). Medlcated as in medicated thampoo mcans chat a medicinal substance is added to tlić product. A remedy is a treatment or medicinc {bcrbtii rtmc*‘ics'.. Vir«imin and minerał tupplcmentt arc taken to remedy dictary dcficicncies. When a drug is availablc on prcscription frorn a doctor it is dispensedby a pharmacist. The prcscription is ftlled. The term drug may also refer to a substance taken for ics narcodc or mmiilam '•Pfcrt*. 5urh Jr*«gr...ausc serio.*-: damage jo and are illegal (illicit) which nie.-.>is chai ilicy are ioibiaJcu by law. When cvcit j legał drug is uscd in excessivc amounts or for purposes other than rhosc for which it is normally imended we say chat it is abused. Legał or illegal drug abuse often leads to drug dependence and drug addiction. Wlicn the abused drug on which che person is dependent or co which hc or she is addicted is discontinuedor witbdrawn, unplcasant or dangerous symptoms may appear known as a tuithdrawalreaction.

These terms refer to routes by which drugs are taken into the body. Describe in your own words what they mean and then match the terms with their deffnftions and commonly used abbreviations when applicable.

Routc

1.    Orał

2.    Injcccion

3.    Subcucaneous

4.    Incramuscular

5.    lntravenous

6.    Incrathccal

7.    Sublingual

8.    Kectal

9.    Vaginal

10.    Ocular

11.    Nasal

12.    InhaJation 13- Cucancous 14. Transdermal

Definition

A.    A drug is taken by inourh (orally)

B.    Parcnceral administracion of drugs

C.    A drug is placed under the conguc (taken sublingually)

0.    A drug is dclivercd to the body rhrough a patch on the skin

E.    A drug is inserted into the rcctum

F.    A drug is applied co rhe skin for its local cfłect

G.    A drug is inserted inro the yaginn

H.    A drug is applied to tlie cyc

1.    A drug is iujccicd jtiM heneath the skin

J,    A drug is iujeered into tlić spinał canal    ,

K.    A drug is injcctcd into lite niusclc. usually iii the np|H*r Jim. ihigh oi »uituc

I.    A drug is brcathed in and aluorbeJ tlmuigh ilu na*al nium*a

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