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13 Cards in this Set
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Study of interactions of chemicals other than foods with living systems
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Pharmacology
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Mechanisms of drug action
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Pharmacodynamics
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Absorption, distribution, metabolism, and elimination of drugs.
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Pharmacokinetics
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Use of drugs, which ideally have littel effect on the host but destroy or retard the growht of invading cells and organisms
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Chemotherapy
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Focuses on method of action of unwanted effects of drugs in humans during drug product development
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safety pharmacology
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Study of harmful effects of poisons, environmental and industrial chemicals and drugs on the humam body
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Toxicology
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Study of all aspects of drugs, emphasizing manufacture, compounding, dispensing of drugs, or emphasizing therapeutic management of drug treatment of patients
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Pharmacy
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What are the different types of drug names?
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Chemical name, generic name (known thru world no matter manufacturer designated by AMA and WHO), official name - usually same as generic, and trade name (name given by particular manufacturer).
A drug can have many different trade names. |
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Phase I
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Tolerance, kinetics, dynamics, interactions
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Phase II
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Efficacy, dose, metabolism
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Phase III
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Broad clinical trial for safety and efficacy
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Phase IV
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Post-marketing surveillance, adverse reactions, additional indications discovered
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Under this policy, patients with a condition like AIDS that prevents them from participating in controlled clinical trials can receive investigational drugs shown in preliminary studies to be promising
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Parallel Track
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