Pharmacological Principles

Question 1

Drug

Answer 1

any chemical that affects the physiologic process of a living organism

Question 2

Pharmacology

Answer 2

the study of science of drugs

Pharmaceutics: how dosage forms influence pharmacokinetics and pharmodynamics (drugs are made/packages)

Pharmacokinetics: What the body does for the drug

Pharmacodynamics: what the drug does to the body

Question 3

Pharmacotherapeutics

Answer 3

More clinically focused pharmacology

study of drug actions in drug therapy on specific indications to prevent and treat disease

Question 4

Toxicology

Answer 4

seeks to study the adverse affects of drugs on living organisms

Question 5

Pharmacognosy

Answer 5

study of natural drug sources

Question 6

Therapeutic action

Answer 6

what is being treated

Question 7

chemical action

Answer 7

body’s physiology, how the drug acts

Question 8

Drugs are classified by

Answer 8

ACTION on a symptom/sign/condition

ACTION on a body system

CHEMICAL nature

CHEMICAL action with in body

PRESCRIPTION category or OTC availability

CLINICAL consideration