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HERBAL DRUG AND SYNTHETIC DRUG
NAME:RISHAV JAIN
COURSE:B.COM(H)SECTION-A
ROLL NO: 1608
HERBAL DRUGS• STUDY AND USE OF MEDICAL
PROPERTIES OF PLANTS• WIDELY AVAILABLE• USE OF HERBS TO TREAT
DISEASE IS ALMOST UNIVERSAL • MORE AFFORDABLE • MORE THAN 12000 COMPOUND
HAS BEEN ISOLATED
ADVANTAGES(HERBAL DRUGS)
• REDUCED SIDE EFFECTS
• EFFECTIVE WITH CHRONIC CONDITIONS
• LOWER COST
• WIDESPREAD AVAILABILITY
DISADVANTAGE (HERBAL DRUGS)
• INAPPROPRIATE FOR MANY CONDITONS
• LACKAGE OF DOSAGE INSTRUCTIONS
• POISION RISK ASSOCIATED WITH WILD HERBS
• MEDICATION INTERACTIONS• LACK OF REGULATION
SYNTHETIC DRUGS• CHEMICALLY LACED SUBSTANCES
• MARIJUANA, COCAINE AND METHAMPHETAMINE ARE THE
TYPES OF IT
• DIVIDED INTO TWO CATEGORIES: 1) CANNABINOIDS 2) CATHINONES
ADVANTAGE • IMPROVED QUALITY
• LONGER BIO-LOGICAL HALF LIFE
• IMPROVED FAT SOLUBILITY
• IMPROVED ACTION DUE TO AN ALTERED CHEMICAL STRUCTURE
DISADVANTAGE• VIOLENT BEHAVIOUR
• DECREASED NEED OF SLEEP • SHORT-TERM MEMORY
• DESIRE FOR THE FEELING TO END
• CHEST PAIN
• LONG TERM MENTAL ILLNESS
HOW ARE HERBS AND DRUGS ALIKE?
• DISCOVERY
• RESEARCH/TESTING
• SIDE EFFECTS/TOXICITY
HOW DO HERBS AND DRUGS DIFFER?
• POTENCY• SIDE EFFECTS• COST• TARGET
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AFTER REPEATED DRUG USE, “DECIDING” TO USE DRUGS IS NO
LONGER VOLUNTARY BECAUSE
DRUGS CHANGE THE BRAIN!
SOURCE: NIDA. (2010). Drugs, Brains, and Behavior: The Science of Addiction.
SURVEY ON HERBAL AND SYNTHETIC DRUG
SYNTHETIC DRUGS USED
PROBLEMS• POOR MANUFACTURING PROCESS
• ADULTERATION TO INCLUDE TOXIC SUBSTANCES AND CONVENTIONAL DRUGS
• MISIDENTIFICATION OF • HERBS• SUBSTITUTION OF HERBS• VARYING STRENGTHS OF PREPARATIONS• INCOMPLETE LABELLING
• INCORRECT DOSAGE AND INSTRUCTIONS
COMMONLY USED HERBAL MEDICINES
• GLUCOSAMINE (NOT STRICTLY HERBAL)- FOR RELIEF OF JOINT PAIN (SIDE EFFECTS:MILD GI SYMPTOMS, RASH, DROWSINESS, HEADACHE AND INSOMNIA
• MAY ALTER GLUCOSE SENSITIVITY
REFERENCES• HTTP://
WWW.MCS.GOV.UK/OURWORK/LICENSINGMEDS/HERBALSAFETY
• STOCKLEY IH (2002) DRUG INTERACTIONS. 6TH EDITION. LONDON: PHARMACEUTICAL PRESS; 2002
• THOMAS, K ET AL., USE AND EXPENDITURE ON COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES IN ENGLAND: A POPULATION BASED SURVEY. COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES IN MEDICINE 2001; 9(1): 2-11