General Pharmacology Flashcards
1
Q
How do drugs work?
A
1) can kill something foreign/pathological. Ex: antibiotics or anticancer
2) they can replace something that is missing. Ex. Insulin
3) they can overcome a defect
Sometime they can do multiple things depending on dose. Ex: cortisol can be a replacement or can suppress inflammation at higher doses
2
Q
Pharmacodynamics (PD)
A
What the drugs do to the body - the actual effect once the drug has reached the target site
3
Q
Pharmacokinetics (PK)
A
What the body does to drugs. Absorption, elimination, etc.
