Vocab Flashcards
Pharmacology
The scientific study of the drugs on a living system. A medication interacts with receptors and produces a biological response.
Pharmacokinetics
Involves the absorption, distribution, metabolism, and elimination of the drug in a living system.
Addition
The combined effect of two drugs; it is equal to the sum fo the effects of each drug taken alone.
Antagonism
Own drug works against the action of another drug
Potentiation
One drug increases prolongs the effect of another drug; the total effect is greater than the sum of the effects of each drug alone.
Synergism
The joint action of drugs so which their combined effect is more intense or longer in duration than the sums of the effect of two drugs.
Drug-Disease Interaction
Ariosto diseases may inhibit the absorption, metabolism, and elimination do different drugs.