Although all areas of medicine, including pharmacology, have made great advances in the last century, the early roots of pharmacology still apply for the nurse and other health professionals. What were the early roots of pharmacology?
1. Applying products to relieve human suffering
2. Creating new drugs as quickly as possible
3. Finding medicinal alternatives to plants
4. Understanding how drugs take their effects
Correct Answer: 1
Rationale 1: The early root of pharmacology was to relieve human suffering.
Rationale 2: The early root of pharmacology was not to create new drugs quickly.
Rationale 3: Early pharmacology involved using plants to relieve symptoms of suffering.
Rationale 4: The early root of pharmacology was not to understand how drugs take their effects.
Global Rationale: The early root of pharmacology was to relieve human suffering, not to create new drugs quickly or to understand how drugs take their effects. Early pharmacology did involve using plants to relieve symptoms of suffering.
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