Basic Concept And Introduction Of Pharmacology
pharmacology is basically derived from the two words.
PHARMA
= DRUG
COLOGY
= STUDY
definition : Pharmacology is the study of drugs
and their effects on life processes.
Pharmacokinetics
•Is the study of ADME.
•What does the body does
with drug.
Pharmacodynamics
•is the study of the actions of drugs on
target organ
•The study of mechanism of action
Pharmacotherapeutics
Pharmacotherapeutics is the
medical
science concerned with the use of drugs in the treatment of disease.
Clinical pharmacology
is
the study of drugs in human patients •
Toxicology
is
the study of harmful rather than therapeutic effects
Pharmacy
involves manufacture, preparation, and dispensing of drugs.
POSOLOGY :
The
study of dose calculation
Drug
•A chemical agent which used for
•Diagnosis
•Treatment
•Mitigation.
•And prevention of diseases is known as
drug
Pharmacoepidemiology investigates
the effects of drugs on populations
•• Pharmacoeconomics
examines the cost-effectiveness of drug treatments
•• Pharmacogenetics and pharmacogenomics
study
the influence of genetic variation on pharmacodynamic and pharmacokinetic
properties of drugs
DRUG
SOURCES
•Natural Sources of Drugs
•• Plants= alkaloids •
•Microbes= antibiotics
•• Animal tissues= hormones
• • Minerals= lithium compounds
•
•Synthetic drugs
•Synthesized from naturally occurring
drugs
Routes of administration
•Enteral Administration
• • Sublingual , • Buccal • Oral • Rectal
routes
•
•Parenteral Administration
• • Intravenous • Intramuscular •
Subcutaneous
•Transdermal Administration
• Inhalational Administration
•Topical Administration
Drug names
•Chemical name
• Generic name
• Brand name
Dosage Form
•Specified shaped of a drug.
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