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| a science that draws on information from multiple disciplines |
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| What disciplines make up pharmacology? |
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anatomy
physiology
psychology
chemistry
microbiology |
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| any chemical that can affect living processes |
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| pharmacology (definition) |
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| a study of drugs and their interaction with living systems |
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| the use of drugs to diagnose, treat, or prevent disease or to prevent pregnancy |
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| What are the 3 most important properties of an ideal drug? |
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effectiveness
safety
selectivity |
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| most important property a drug can have |
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| no such thing as safe drug |
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| no such thing as a selective drug because all drugs have side effects |
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| therapeutic objective for drugs |
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| drug therapy should provide MAXIMUM BENEFIT with MINIMUM HARM |
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| what are the additional properties of an ideal drug? |
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| reversible action, predictability, ease of administration, freedom from drug interactions, low cost, chemical stability |
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| drugs lose effectiveness after storage |
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| factors that determine intensity of drug responses |
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administration
pharmacokinetics
pharmacodynamics
sources of individual variation |
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| administration (drug responses) |
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important: dosage size, route, timing
medication errors
patient adherence |
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| pharmacokinetics (drug response) |
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| what the body does to the drug |
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| major pharmacokinetic processes |
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absorption
distribution
metabolism
excretion |
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| pharmacodynamics (drug response) |
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what the drug does to the body
drug-receptor interaction
patient's functional state
placebo effects |
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