Intro

Question 1

What is pharmacology?

Answer 1

• Effect of chemicals on biological entities
• Study of drugs: way drugs react biologically at receptor sites
• Study off effects of drugs: effect the drug has when taken by a person
• Considers therapeutic and toxic effects

Question 2

What can pharmacology be split into?

Answer 2

Pharmacodynamics and Pharmacokinetics

Question 3

What is pharmacokinetics?

Answer 3

o Specific to drug or drug class 
o Covers what drug does to body 
	Interaction with cellular component, concentration/effect relationship, modification of disease progression

Question 4

What is pharmacodynamics?

Answer 4

o Non-specific, general processes
o Covers what body does to drug
 Absorption from site of administration, time to onset of effect, elimination from body

Question 5

What is a drug?

Answer 5

A natural product, chemical substance or pharmaceutical preparation intended for administration to diagnose or treat a disease

Question 6

What is therapeutic index?

Answer 6

The ratio of dose that causes toxicity compared to the dose that produces desired effect

Question 7

What is bioavailability?

Answer 7

Administering a drug so it provides release in a modified way. Delivers a drug with a delay after its administration or for a prolonged period of time

Question 8

Regarding drugs, what does pharmacokinetics tell us?

Answer 8

o What does to give
o How often to give it
o How to change the dose in certain medical conditions
o How drug interactions occur