Definitions

Question 1

Pharmaceutics

Answer 1

The study of how various drug forms influence the way in

which the drug affects the body.

Question 2

Pharmacokinetics

Answer 2

The study of what the body does to the drug. 
Ex: 
Absorption
Distribution
Metabolism
Excretion

Question 3

Pharmacodynamics

Answer 3

The study of what the drug does to the body

Question 4

Pharmacotherapeutics

Answer 4

The clinical use of drugs to prevent and treat diseases
 Defines principles of drug actions—the cellular processes
that change in response to the presence of drug
molecules
 Drugs are organized into pharmacologic classes

Question 5

Pharmacokinetics

Answer 5

-Drug movement throughout the body
-Study of what happens to a drug from the time it is put
into the body until the parent drug and all metabolites
have left the body

Question 6

Onset

Answer 6

The time it takes for the drug to elicit a

therapeutic response

Question 7

Peak

Answer 7

The time it takes for a drug to reach its maximum therapeutic
response

Question 8

Duration

Answer 8

The time a drug concentration is sufficient to elicit a

therapeutic response