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PHARMACODYNAMICS STUDY OF HOW DRUGS INTERACT IN THE HUMAN BODY.
PHARMACOKENETICS STUDY OF THE ABSORPTION DISTRIBUTION, BIOTRANSTORMATION EXCRETION OF DRUGS.
PHARMACOTHERAPEUTICS STUDY OF HOW DRUGS ARE USED IN THE TREATMENT OF DISEASE IN THE HUMAN BODY.
PHARMACY STUDY PF PREPARING AND DISPENSING MEDICATIONS
POSOLOGY THE STUDY OF THE EXACT AMOUNT OF A DRUG THAT IS NEEDED IN ORDER TO PRODUCE A THERAPEUTIC EFFECT.
TOXICOLOGY STUDY OF POISONS,THEIR DETECTION, THEIR EFFECTS AND ESTABLISHING ANTIDOTS AND METHODS OF TREATMENT FOR CONDITIONS THEY PRODUCE.
PHARMOCOGNOSY STUDY OF DRUGS DERIVED FROM HERBAL AND OTHER NATURAL SOURCES
THE TERMS MEDICATION REFER TO DRUGS MIXED IN A FORMULATION TO FOLLOW APPROPRIATE ADMINISTRATION OF THE ACTIVE DRUG.
PHARMACOLOGY DEALS WITH ALL OF THE DRUGS IN SOCIETY TODAY. THOSE THAT ARE LEGAL,ILLEGAL,RX,OTC
WHAT IS THE MOST COMMONLY SAMPLED BODILY FLUID USED TO CHARACTERIZE THE PHAMACOLOGIC ACTION OF DRUGS. BLOOD
WHAT ARE THE FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE THE ONSET DURATION AND INTENSITY OF DRUG EFFECTS ABSORPTION,METABOLISM,REABSORPTION,EXCREATION,SITE OF ACTION AND OBSERVED RESPONSE
WHAT ARE FACTORS THAT AFFECT DRUG ACTIONS AGE SEX BODY WEIGHT DIURIAL BODY RYTHMS DISEASES ALLERGIES PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS DRUG HALF LIFE TOLERANCE DRUG TOXICITY AND DRUG INTERACTIONS.
DRUG HALF LIFE THIS IS THE MAJOR DETERMINING FACTOR IN HOW OFTEN A DRUG MAYBE GIVEN
AGE AGE AFFECT METABOLIC RATE IMPORTANCE RULE OF THUMB WHEN DEALING W/PEDIATRIC AND GERIATRIC PTS START SLOW GO SLOW
SEX GENDER DRUGS ADMINISTERED IM ARE ABSORBED FASTER BY MEN THAN WOMEN. THEY REMAIN IN WOMANS TISSUES B/C WOMEN HAVE A HIGHER BODY FAT CONTENT.
BODY WEIGHT SAME DOSE OF MEDICATION CANHAVE VARIED AFFECTS ON PATIENTS WHOSE BODY WEIGHTS DIFFER SOME MEDICATION DOSES MUST BE ADJUSTED BODY WEIGHT AND BODY SURFACE AREA,ESPECIALLY IN CHILDREN.
DIURIAL BODY RHYTHMS CIRCULATION RYTHMS SLEEP PATTERNS HAVE A TENDENCY TO INTENSIFY A PATIENT RESPONSE TO A MEDICATION
DISEASE ESPECIALLY OF THE LIVER AND KIDNEY THE LIVER IS THE MAJOR SITE FOR DETOXIFICATION AND THE KIDNEYS ARE THE MAJOR SITE OF ELIMINATION OF CHEMICAL SUBSTANCE
WHAT ARE THE 2 TYPES OF ANTIBIOTICS BACTERIACIDAL-KILLS BACTERIA AND BACTERIOSTATIC-INHIBITS THE GROWTH OF BACTERIA
adverse affects harmful effects
AGONIST DRUG THAT BINDS TO A RECEPTOR AND PRODUCES AN APPROPRIATE PHYSIOLOGIC RESPONSE THAT IS SIMILAR TO WHAT AN ENDOGENOUS SUBSTANCE WOULD DO.
ANAPHYLACTIC SHOCK A SUDDEN AND SEVERE ALLERGIC REACTION THAT MAY BE LIFE THREATINING
ANTAGONIST AN AGENT THAT ACTS IN PHYSIOLOGIC OPPOSITION IN PHARMACOLOGY IT IS AN AGENT THAT PREVENTS AN AGONIST FROM BINDING TO A RECEPTOR,THERE BY BLOCKING ITS EFFECTS.
BIOAVAILIBILITY THE DEGREE AND RATE AT WHICH A DRUG IS ABSORBED INTO A LIVING SYSTEM OR IS MADE AVAILABLE AT THE SITE OF PHYSIOLOGIC ACTION
BIOTRANSFORMATION THE PROCESS OF CONVERSION OF DRUGS WITHIN THE BODY
ADVERSE DRUG REACTION ANY UNEXPECTED OBVIOUS CHANGE IN THE PATIENTS CONDITION THAT THE PHYSICIAN SUSPECTS MAY BE DUE TO A DRUG
DOSE EFFECT RELATIONSHIP THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE DOSE OF A DRUG THAT PRODUCES HARMFUL EFFECTS AND THE SEVERITY OF THE EFFECTS ON THE PATIENT
DRUG INDICATION THE EXACT REASON FOR THE USE OF THE DRUG
HALF LIFE THE TIME TAKEN FOR THE BLOOD OR PLASMA CONCENTRATION OF THE DRUG TO DECREASE FROM FULL TO HALF
OVERDOSE A TOXIC DOSE OF A DRUG OR OTHER SUBSTANCE
SIDE EFFECTS RESULT OF A DRUG OR OTHER THERAPY IN ADDITION TO OR IN EXTENSION OF THE DESIRED THERAPEUTIC EFFECTS WHICH ARE USUALLY BUT NOT ALWAYS UNDESIRABLE
TOLERANCE THE BODYS SLOW ADAPTION TO A DRUG HIGHER DOSES ARE REQUIRED TO ACHIEVE THE SAME AFFECT REDUCED RESPONSIVENESS TO A DRUG
TOXICITY THE STATE OF BEING N OXIOUS REFERS TO DRUGS ABILITY TO POISON THE BODY
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