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