Lecture 1 Flashcards
What is pharmacology?
What is its trigger?
Study of biological responses that are triggered
Trigger: Pharmacological agent (drug, sun, smoke)
Define drug
What type of term is this
Exogenously applied non-nutritive material that affects biological systems
Legal term (FDA reviewed and approved)
Are foods a type of drug?
no
Are food supplements a type of drug?
no
Are vitamins a type of drug?
no
Are herbals a type of drug?
no
Do supplements have to be reviewed by FDA?
No, but if they are, they are called drugs
Define pharmacon
Anything that causes biological effect
Are all drugs pharmacons?
Yes
What is pharmacodynamics?
What question do you ask to define it
Action of drugs on the body
What does drug do to the body and how does it do it?
What is pharmacokinetics
Action of body on the drug
What are the components of pharmacokinetics (3)
- Time frame of absorption
- Distribution
- Elimination of drugs
What is toxicology?
What do you have to consider?
Undesired effects of drugs on body
Perspective of what effect you want in patient
