Branches Of Pharma Flashcards
Study of medicinal drugs derived from plants or other natural souces
Pharmacognosy
Study of drug absorption, distribution and elimination
Pharmacokinetics
Action of the drug to the body
Pharmacodynamics
Study of what a drug does to the body
Pharmacodynamics
Study of what the body does to a drug
Pharmacokinetics
Study of the relationship between the chemical structure of a compound and its biological action
Biochemorphology
Study of adverse effects of chemicals on living organisms
Toxicology
Study of drugs and their clinical use
Clinical pharmacology
Study of dosages of drugs
Posology
the study of inherited genetic differences in drug metabolic pathways which can affect individual responses to drugs, both in terms of therapeutic effect as well as adverse effects.
Pharmacogenetics
A branch of pharmacology concerned with the study of drugs on a molecular or chemical level.
Molecular pharmacology
is the study of the uses and effects of drugs in well defined populations.
Pharmacoepidemiology
study of drugs during growth and development
Developmental pharmacology
is a related study of ethnic groups and their use of drugs
Ethnopharmacology
refers to the scientific discipline that compares the value of one pharmaceutical drug or drug therapy to another.
Pharmaeconomics