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Pharmacology definition
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Study of medicine
Science of drug effects that encompasses: How drugs are administered. Where drugs travel in the body. Responses drugs produce. |
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Nomenclature
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a drugs name
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Drug Classification
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Body system (where the drug works)
Therapeutic (what the drug does clinically) Pharmacologic (based on the mechanism of action and is more specific than therapeutic) |
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Controlled drug categories
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Schedule I (highly addictive with limited to no therapeutic use)
Schedule II, III and IV ( used therapeutically with a prescription) Schedule V (OTC) |
