IMITREX
- INTRODUCTION – WHAT THIS DRUG IS FOR AND WHAT IT DOES
- 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?
- 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.
- GENERICS- ALL OTHER NAMES USED- ALL DRUGS IN SAME CLASS
- 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.
- 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?