Principles of Pharmacology Exam 1
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Substances that act on biologic
What are drugs? systems at the chemical level and alter
their function.
Why are drugs They are used to treat, diagnose, or
used? prevent disease
They act to increase or decrease
What do drugs normal function of tissues or organs.
do? They do not confer new functions in
tissues or organs
What is the goal To selectively alter specific tissue or
of drug therapy? function
By reaching some specific target cell
How do drugs
or tissue and change the function of
exert their
the cell either to help restore normal
beneficial
physiological function or to prevent a
effects?
disease process from occurring
Dosage must be generally large
enough to allow an adequate
Why is dosage concentration to reach the target site
important? and produce a beneficial response
without being too excessive that it
causes toxicological effect
, 1. Once a drug is taken, what happens
to it?
What are
important basic
2. Where does it go with the body?
questions a
provider must ask
3. What, if anything, does the body do
about
to the drug?
pharmacology?
4. How does the body get rid of it?
area of pharmacology that refers to
Pharmacotherape
the use of specific drugs to prevent,
utics
treat, or diagnose a disease
the analysis of what the drug does to
Pharmacodynami the body, including the mechanism by
cs which the drug exerts its effect -
"what drugs do to the body"
Study of how the body absorbs,
distributes, metabolizes, and
Pharmacokinetics
eliminates drugs - "What the body
does to the drugs"
study of the harmful effects of
Toxiccology
chemical
deals with the preparation and
Pharmacy
dispensing of medications
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Substances that act on biologic
What are drugs? systems at the chemical level and alter
their function.
Why are drugs They are used to treat, diagnose, or
used? prevent disease
They act to increase or decrease
What do drugs normal function of tissues or organs.
do? They do not confer new functions in
tissues or organs
What is the goal To selectively alter specific tissue or
of drug therapy? function
By reaching some specific target cell
How do drugs
or tissue and change the function of
exert their
the cell either to help restore normal
beneficial
physiological function or to prevent a
effects?
disease process from occurring
Dosage must be generally large
enough to allow an adequate
Why is dosage concentration to reach the target site
important? and produce a beneficial response
without being too excessive that it
causes toxicological effect
, 1. Once a drug is taken, what happens
to it?
What are
important basic
2. Where does it go with the body?
questions a
provider must ask
3. What, if anything, does the body do
about
to the drug?
pharmacology?
4. How does the body get rid of it?
area of pharmacology that refers to
Pharmacotherape
the use of specific drugs to prevent,
utics
treat, or diagnose a disease
the analysis of what the drug does to
Pharmacodynami the body, including the mechanism by
cs which the drug exerts its effect -
"what drugs do to the body"
Study of how the body absorbs,
distributes, metabolizes, and
Pharmacokinetics
eliminates drugs - "What the body
does to the drugs"
study of the harmful effects of
Toxiccology
chemical
deals with the preparation and
Pharmacy
dispensing of medications
