Pharmacology

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Pharmacology

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the biomedical science concerned with the interaction of chemical substances with living cells, tissues, and organisms. It is particularly concerned with the mechanisms by which drugs counteract the manifestations of disease

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Pharmacology (basic definition)

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• how a drug interacts with cells, tissues, etc
• deals with the mechanism of a drug and how it counteracts disease.
• How does the drug interact with the body

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Toxicology

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the science of poisons and toxicity. It focuses on the harmful effects of drugs and other chemicals and on the mechanisms by which toxic agents produce pathological changes, disease and death

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Pharmacy

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the science and profession concerned with the preparation, storage, dispensing, and proper utilization of drug products

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Pharmacokinetics

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a division of pharmacology focused on processes that affect drug concentration in the body. These processes include absorption, distribution, metabolism, and elimination. Ultimately these kinetic parameters will affect the drug bioavailability or the fraction of drug that reaches the target site or tissue.

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Pharmacodynamics

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a division of pharmacology focused on how a drug produces an effect. Areas of interest when studying pharmacodyamics would include drug targets or receptors, signal transduction pathways regulated by drugs, and the physiological and therapeutic effects caused by a particular agent.

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Chemical name

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describes the relationship of atoms to each other

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Generic name

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every drug has a unique generic name that never changes. generic name can be more useful chemically than trade name

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Trade name

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you can have multiple trade names for a single generic drug

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Prescription medication

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drugs whose sale is restricted and available only with a prescription from a licensed provider

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Toxicology (notes)

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study of posions

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Pharmacy notes

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distribution and preparation of drugs

requires a license

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Pharmacokinetics core principles

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absorption, distribution, metabolism, elimination

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Pharmacodynamics notes

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what does the drug do to the body?

receptors, signaling pathways, etc