Introduction Flashcards
It is to formulate, manufacture, use, dispense, determine, stability, effectivity and safety or a drug formulation
Pharmaceutics
Study of factors that influence BIOAVAILABILITY of a drug.
Biopharmaceutics
Use of biopharmaceutics
For OPTIMUM PHARMACOLOGIC or THERAPEUTIC ACTIVITY of drug products.
RATE or EXTENT of systemic absorption of the active drug.
Bioavailability
Determines the FATE OF SUBSTANCES administered in a living organism
Pharmacokinetics
What does Pharmacokinetics ask
What the body does to the drug?
It studies the action of drugs in TARGET ORGANS
Pharmacodynamics
Pharmacodynamics include
Mechanisms of drug action
Relationship between drug concentration and effect
How GENETIC VARIATIONS affect drug response
Pharmacogenetics
Study of the DIFFERENT FORMULATIONS with comparable bioavailability when studied at similar conditions.
Bioequivalence
Adjustable factors of Pharmacokinetics include
Dose
Dosage form
Route of administration
Drug concentration vs. time
Body’s response to drug exposure
Pharmacodynamics rely on
Variabilities
It is the DRUG TOWARDS TIME
Area under the curve
Quantitative basis of drug therapy
Amount of dose administered (How much)
Frequency of administration (How often)
Duration of treatment (For how long)
What level produces SUFFERING?
Toxic level
A level where the DRUG TAKE EFFECT in a certain time or concentration
Therapeutic window or range
The level where the drug did NOT PROVIDE therapeutic effects
Subtherapeutic level/ineffective therapy