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What is pharmacology?
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The study of drugs
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What is a drug?
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A substance used to:
-diagnose a disease -treat a disease -cure a disease prevent a disease |
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Where do drugs come from?
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Mineral (sodium, potassium,chloride,iron,calcium)
Animals (hormones, anticoagulants) Synthetic (drugs are manufactured in a laboratory through chemical reactions,greater purity versus botanical/natural) Botanical (Plants, molds, bacteria) (alkaloids,glycosides,gums,resins,oils,mold (i.e. Penicillin)) |
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Pharmacotherapeutics
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The treatment of disease with medications.
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Pharmacokinetics
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The movement of a drug within the body.
Includes: absorption, distribution, metabolism and excretion of the drug. |
