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Term | Definition |
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What is Pharmacology | the study of the effects of chemical substances on the function of living systems |
Drug | can be defined as a chemical substance of known structure, other than a nutrient or an essential dietary ingredient, which, when administered to a living organism, produces a biological effect |
Where do drugs come from? | Drugs may be synthetic chemicals, chemicals obtained from plants or animals, or products of genetic engineering |
Pharacogentics | the study of genetic influences on responses to drugs. Variation in drug response based on genetics. |
Pharmacogenomics | : individual genetic information guides the choice of drug therapy |
Pharmacoepidemiology | the study of drug effects at the population level |
Pharmacoeconomics | a branch of health economics that aims to quantify in economic terms the cost and benefit of drugs used therapeutically |