Definitions Pharmakinetics and Pharmadynamics Flashcards
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What is a drug
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a chemical or biological substance, natural or artificial origin, induced on a organisms body committing change.
2
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what is pharmacology
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function altering effect of exogenic and endogenic substances in living entities
3
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definition of pharmacodynamics
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how the drug acts on the body
(MgSO4 causes watery diarrhea and takes water from the body)
4
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definition of pharmakinetics
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How the body acts on the drug
How it’s broken down in the body
MgSO4 is not absorbed
5
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what are the 4 principles of pharmacokinetics
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Absorption
Distribution
Metabolism
Excretion
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