Pharmacology Flashcards

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What is pharmacology?

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Science of drugs and their effect on living systems

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What is pharmacokinetics?

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The movement of a drug into, through and out of the body

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What are the four stages of pharmacokinetics?

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Absorption
Distribution
Metabolism
Excretion

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What is pharmacodynamics?

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the effect the drug has on the body.

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What do pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics do together?

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They work together to determine the relationship between the dose and the response

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What is pharmacogenomics?

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Study of how genes affect a person’s response to a drug

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What does pharmacogenomics do?

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Helps to provide effective, safe medication, and doses which are specific to a person’s genetic makeup

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