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The length of time a particular dosage of a drug will be active In the body. |
Duration |
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A substance that binds to a receptor and alters the state of that receptor, resulting in a biological effect |
Agonist |
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A substance that limits or slows the effect of a medication by preventing it from binding to the receptor |
Antagonist |
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The amount of time it takes for a medication to start working |
Onset of action |
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The dosage of a drug that if administered to a patient would be fatal |
Lethal dose |
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The stage at which the highest concentration of a drug is present in a patients blood stream |
Peak level |
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A measure of the relative safety of a drug. |
Therapeutic index |
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Describes the length of time it takes the initial dosage of a drug to be reduced to half its original size of concentration |
Half life |