Abeka 9th grade Health Chapter 7 Review section review 7.1

prescription drugs

What are medicines that the FDA deems likely to be abused or that have significant side effects can be sold to the general public only by a doctor's prescription?

Antihistamine

What blocks the action of histamine allowing the tissues to return to normal?

antibiotic

What is a chemical substance that stops the growth of bacteria?

anesthetic

What is a medicine that causes a loss of feeling?

analgesic

What is a medicine that reduces the sensation of pain but do not cause loss of other skin senses?

OTC

What is a medicine that the FDA considers unlikely to be abused and that have minimal side effects and can be sold to the general public?

drug

What is a substance that alters the function of the body in some way?

medicine

What is a substance that is used to cure or treat a disease or alleviate some of its symptoms?

local anesthetic

What is an anesthetic that causes numbness in a limited part of the body?

general anesthetic

What is an anesthetic that enters the bloodstream and prevents feeling by the body as a whole?

acetaminophen

What is another name for Tylenol?

aspirin

What is the oldest OTC analgesic in common use today?

Ibuprofen

What was first introduced as a prescription pain reliever in 1969 and was approved as and OTC analgesic in 1984?