pharmacology principles

Question 1

what is pharmaceutics?

Answer 1

-the study of how various drug forms influence the way in which the drug affects the body; optimal design
ex:
-enteric coating
-thin filmed drugs (quick dissolve in buccal tissue)
-combining drugs
-time-release technology

Question 2

what is pharmacokinetics?

Answer 2

the study of what the body does to the drug:
-absorption
-distribution
-metabolism
-excretion

Question 3

what does half-life mean?

Answer 3

time required for half of a given drug to be removed from the body during elimination phase

Question 4

what does steady state mean?

Answer 4

amount of drug removed via elimination; means consistent blood levels and correlates with maximum therapeutic benefits

Question 5

what is pharmacodynamics?

Answer 5

the study of what the drug does to the body

Question 6

what is pharmacognosy?

Answer 6

the process of identifying medicinal plants and their ingredients, pharmacological effects, and therapeutic efficacy

Question 7

what is pharmacoeconomics?

Answer 7

study of the economic factors influencing the cost of drug therapy

Question 8

what is toxicology?

Answer 8

science of poisons and unwanted responses to both drugs and chemicals

Question 9

what is pharmacogenetics?

Answer 9

the study of the genetic basis for variations in the body’s response to drugs, with a focus on variation related to a single gene
-surveys the entire genome for determinants of drug response