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Pharmacodynamics |
Study of the mechanisms by which drugs produce physiological changes in the body |
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Receptors |
Parts of cells that receive stimuli |
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Affinity |
Tendency of a drug to combine with a receptor |
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Agonist |
Drugs that attach to specific receptors and cause specific actions |
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Antagonist |
Drugs that block another drug from combining with a receptor |
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Potency |
Amount of drug needed to produce a desire effect |
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Efficacy |
Degree to which a drug produces its desired effect |
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Therapeutic index |
Relationship between a drug's ability to achieve desired effect and its tendency to produce toxic effects LD50/ED50 |
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Adverse drug event |
Harm to a patient caused by administration of a drug for therapeutic or diagnostic reasons |
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Adverse drug reaction |
Any undesired response to a drug |
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Idiosyncratic drug reaction |
An unusual or unexpected reaction |
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Drug interaction |
Altered pharmacological response to a drug that is caused by the presence of a second drug |
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Classes of drug interactions |
1. pharmacokinetic 2. Pharmacodynamic 3. Pharmaceutic |
