D R U GS

Any substance, other than food,

intended for use in the
DR diagnostic, cure, mitigation,
UG treatment, or prevention of
disease to man and other animals.
(R.A 7394)
 Any chemical substances
used as medicines or in
DR making medicine that affect
the body and mind and
UG have the potential for
abuse.
 These are active
FO ingredients, products
NATURAL DRUGS of plants, and other
RM living system that may
S be isolated
extraction
by
 These are artificially
FO
produced substances,
synthesized in the
RM SYNTHETIC DRUGS
laboratory for the illicit
market, which are almost

S
wholly manufactured from
the chemical compound in
illicit laboratories.
NAT
UR
AL

CANNABIS
 MAGIC MUSHROOM
(Psilocybin)

NAT
UR
AL
NAT
UR
AL

KHAT PLANT
 OPIUM POPPY PLANT
“PAPAVER SOMNIFERUM”

NAT
UR
AL
SYNT
HETI
C

Methamphetamine
Hydrochloride “Shabu”
SYNT Paracetamol, Designer and Party Drugs
HETI
C

Cough Syrup “School boys”

 Drugs require written
CATEG authentication from
ORIES PRESCRIPTIVE
a doctor to allow a
purchase
 Drugs that have a high
level of toxicity or side
CATEG
ORIES
PROHIBITED effects that outweigh
the therapeutic
usefulness
 These are non-prescription
medicines that may be user-
CATEG purchased from any pharmacy
OVER-THE-COUNTER
ORIES or drugstore without
written authorization
from a doctor
 Drugs that aren’t
prohibited to the public
CATEGREGULATED/CONTROLLEDsince their therapeutic
ORIES usefulness outweighs
their bad effects but still
need to be regulated
 The smallest amount
DOS of a drug that will
MINIMAL
AGES produce a therapeutic
effect
 The largest amount of drug
that will produce a
DOS
MAXIMAL therapeutic effect without
AGES accompanying symptoms of
toxicity.
 The amount of drug that
DOS produces untoward
TOXIC
AGES effects or symptoms of
poisoning
 The amount needed to
DOS produce the side effects and
ABUSIVE action designed by an
AGES
individual who improperly
uses it
 The amount of drugs that will
DOS
LETHAL
AGES cause death
 Any member group of
MEDIC drugs used to achieve
INAL ANALGESICS analgesia –relief from
USE
pain
 These are drugs that
MEDIC
INAL ANTIBIOTICS
combat or control
USE infectious organisms
MEDIC Those that can lower
INAL ANTIPYRETICS body temperature or
USE fever due to infection
MEDIC Those that control
INAL ANTIHISTAMINES or combat allergic
USE reactions
 Prevent the meeting of
MEDIC
the egg cell and sperm
INAL CONTRACEPTIVES
USE cell or prevent the ovary
from releasing egg cell
MEDIC Those that relieve
INAL DECONGESTANTS congestion of the
USE nasal passages
 Those that can ease the
MEDIC
INAL EXPECTORANTS
expulsion of mucus and
USE phlegm from the lungs
and throat
MEDIC Those that stimulate
INAL LAXATIVES defecation and encourage
USE bowel movement
 Those that can calm and
MEDIC quiet the nerves and relieve
SEDATIVES AND anxiety without causing
INAL
TRANQUILIZERS
USE depression and clouding of
the mind
 Those substances necessary
MEDIC for normal growth and
INAL VITAMINS development and proper
USE body functioning
 The drug is taken by the
METHODS
/ROUTES
mouth and must pass
OF DRUG ORAL/INGESTION through the stomach before
ADMINIST
RATION being absorbed into the
bloodstream
METHODS The drug is
/ROUTES
OF DRUG
ADMINIST
BUCCAL administered by placing
RATION it under the lips
 Drugs in gaseous form enter
METHODS
/ROUTES INHALAT IO N the lungs and are quickly
OF DRUG
ADMINIST
absorbed by the rich
RATION capillary system
METHODS Inhalation through
/ROUTES
OF DRUG SNORTING the nose of drugs
ADMINIST
RATION not in gaseous form
 The drug can be administered into
the body by the use of a syringe
and hypodermic needle in the
following way: Intramuscular
METHODS
/ROUTES Intravenous, Subcutaneous, and
OF DRUG INJECTION Intradermal
ADMINIST
RATION
METHODS
/ROUTES
OF DRUG INJECTION
ADMINIST
RATION
 The application of
METHODS
/ROUTES
drugs directly to a
OF DRUG
ADMINIST
TOPICAL body site such as the
RATION skin and the mucous
membrane
METHODS
/ROUTES
The drug is administered
OF DRUG SUPPOSITORY through the vagina or
ADMINIST
RATION rectum
 The introduction of
METHODS drugs in the deeper
/ROUTES layers of the skin by the
OF DRUG IONTOPHORESIS
ADMINIST use of a special type of
RATION
electric current for
local effect