Terminologies in Introduction to Pharmacology Flashcards
Pharmacology
Study of medicines.
Clinical Pharmacology
A medical specialty concerned with the safe and effective use of medications.
Pharmacotherapeutics
The application of drugs for prevention or treatment of suffering
Pharmacokinetics
Focuses on what the body does to drugs after they are administered. Pharmaco means “medicines”, Kinetics means “movement”. This includes 4 processes; Absorption, Distribution, Metabolism, Excretion.
Absorption
Process of moving a drug from the site of administration to the bloodstream.
Distribution
Describes how drugs are transported throughout the body.
Metabolism
Process that changes the activity of a drug and makes it more likely to be excreted.
Excretion
It remove drugs from the body or a irreversible loss of chemically unchanged drug by various routes.
Drug
Any substance that is taken to prevent, cure, and reduce.
Pharmacodynamics
It is how a drug changes the body and it involves drug mechanism of action. “Pharmaco” = medicines, “Dynamics” = change.
Bioavailability
The rate and extent to which the active ingredients are absorbed from a drug product and then available at the site of action.
Side effects
It is the minor drug effects or the effects that are predictable.
Adverse effects
It is the undesirable effects or effects that are potentially harmful.
Therapeutic effect
The desired and expected effect for which the medication is given.
Generic name
Not proprietary or universally accepted.
