IMITREX

  1. INTRODUCTION – WHAT THIS DRUG IS FOR AND WHAT IT DOES
  2. HISTORY- WHO FIRST MADE THIS DRUG, WHO WERE THE EARLIEST USERS- WHEN DID THIS DRUG GO INTO WIDE USE? WHEN WAS IT PATENTED? FDA APPROVED?
  3. CLASSIFICATION OF THE DRUG– IS IT A BARBITURATE? IS IT AN ANALGESTIC?- DEFINE THE CLASS EXPLAIN WHAT A BARBITURATE OR ANAGESIC OR WHAT YOUR CLASS OF DRUG IS.
  4. GENERICS- ALL OTHER NAMES USED- ALL DRUGS IN SAME CLASS
  5. HOW IS THIS DRUG MADE– WHAT IS THE BASE STRUCTURE FOR THIS DRUG, FOR EXAMPLE, IF ITS’ A MORPHINE DERVIATIVE SHOW US THE POPPY THE MOLECULE AND WHERE IT IS FOUND. -SHOW DRUGS THAT HAVE SIMILAR CHEMICAL STRUCTURES TO THE DRUG YOU ARE PRESENTING ON. SHOW THE ACTUAL CHEMICAL STRUCTURE.
  6. PROS AND CONS TO THIS DRUG– WHY WOULD SOMEONE CHOOSE THIS DRUG OVER ANOTHER IN THE SAME CLASS? WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS?- SHORT TERM AND LONG TERM SIDE EFFECTS. IS IT TERATOGENIC? WHAT DOES THIS MEAN ? CONTRAINDICATIONS?