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What are pharmacotherapeutics? |
use of specific drugs to prevent, treat, or diagnose a disease |
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What is pharmocokinetics? |
how the body deals w/ drug absorption, distribution, and elimination |
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What is pharmacodynamics? |
analysis of what drug does to the body, including mechanisms by which the drug exerts its effects |
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What is toxicology? |
study of harmful effects of chemicals or drugs |
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What are the drug administration phases? |
1. pharmacokinetic phase 2. pharmacodynamic phase |
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What is the pharmacokinetic phase? |
relates to the dose, frequency, and route of administration to drug level-time relationships in the body |
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What is the pharmacodynamic phase? |
relates to concentration of drug at sites of action to the magnitude of the effects produced |
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What are the stages to pharmacokinetics process? |
- drug administration - drug absorption - drug distribution - drug elimination |
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What are the phases of drug metabolism? |
- Phase 1: -oxidation - primary method of drug metabolism - reduction - hydrolysis - Phase 2: conjugation |
