what is the difference between drug and prodrug?
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A drug is a medication that is already pharmacologically active when administered: it is the form that most drugs come in. ... A prodrug is a medication that the body converts into a pharmacologically active drug after it is administered.
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After a drug is administered, it is absorbed into the bloodstream. The circulatory system then distributes the drug throughout the body. Then it is metabolized by the body.
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Administering drugs and dispensing drugs are two separate functions. Administration generally refers to the direct application of a single dose of drug. Dispensing is defined as preparing, packaging and labeling a prescription drug or device for subsequent use by a patient.
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Bascly the difference between a vaccine and medication is that one is a prevention (the vaccine) you take once. The second is a teatment (the medication) you have to take pierodicly. Either way both treatments are good for your health.
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Fosphenytoin is a prodrug of phenytoin for parenteral use. It can be given by intramuscular injection (absorption from this route is good, unlike that of phenytoin) or by intravenous infusion; it is completely metabolised to phenytoin.
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Some drugs are helpful when used properly: they fall into the category of medicines. Other drugs may have a harmful effect on the body. The purpose of today's activity is for students to begin to understand how different drugs can affect the body. Students learn about different drugs and how they affect the body.
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Radiation therapy works much differently. While chemotherapy delivers drugs to the entire body, radiation aims to only target the specific area of the body where there are cancerous cells, and aims to reduce the number of healthy cells that are affected during treatment.
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Both drugs are derivatives of amphetamines. The difference between the drugs is Adderall contains amphetamine salts (amphetamine and dextroamphetamine), whereas Vyvanse contains lisdexamfetamine, which the body converts to dextroamphetamine before it is active, meaning it's a "prodrug."
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Prescription drugs are basically the drugs that require a doctors note to be dispensed. Over the counter, drugs are the drugs like Advil or Tylenol that you don't need a doctor note to purchase. The main difference between the two is that you have to have a prescription to handle the drug if it's a prescription drug.
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A drug is a substance that has an effect on the body: medicines are drugs that help people suffering from pain or disease. recreational drugs are taken by people because they like the effects they have on their bodies.
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Definitions. substrates are drugs or other substances (xenobiotics) which are metabolized by cytochrome enzymes including 1. pharmacologically active drugs which require metabolism to inactive form for clearance from the body. metabolically activated drugs (prodrugs) which require conversion to active drug.
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While tablets are first absorbed through the stomach and then passed through the liver before entering the bloodstream, injected medication enters the bloodstream immediately. As such, in a case where medication is offered in both formats, the injection would act faster than the tablet.
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Antivirals are a class of drugs which are used to treat viral infections. The antiviral drugs target diverse group of viruses such as herpes, hepatitis, and influenza viruses. Whereas antiretroviral are the drugs that are used to fight retrovirus infections which mainly include HIV.
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The bottom line The major difference between chemo and radiation is the way they're delivered. Chemotherapy is delivered through an infusion into a vein or medication port, or it can be taken orally. With radiation therapy, beams of radiation are focused on a specific area in your body.
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MPTP (1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine) is a prodrug to the neurotoxin MPP+, which causes permanent symptoms of Parkinson's disease by destroying dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra of the brain. It has been used to study disease models in various animal studies.
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The difference between microbicidal and microbiostatic drugs is that microbicidal drugs kill the microbe, while microbiostatic drugs inhibit or stop the growth and reproduction of the microbe.
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In short, the difference is: generic drugs are cheaper equivalents of brand-name drugs; preferred brand-name drugs cost more than generic but are cheaper than non-preferred brand-name drugs; non-preferred brand-name drugs are the most expensive.