THE LANGUAGE OF PHARMACOLOGY LEARNING OBJECTIVES
TERM
DEFINITION
drug
chemical that causes physiological effect
medicine
administered to elicit a therapeutic effect
toxicology
mechanisms by which chemicals produce
noxious effects on living tissues or organisms
pharmacodynamics
how drug affects a living system
pharmacokinetics
how living systems affects drug
pharmacogenetics
variations in drug response due to genetic
influence
pharmacogenomics
genetic factors to guide drug therapy
pharmacoepidemiology
variability of drug response across population
pharmacoeconomics
comparative cost-to-benefit ratios for
treatment strategies
pharmacovigilance
adverse effects of drugs
absorption
absorption from the site of administration
permits entry of the drug into plasm
distribution
drug may reversibly leave the bloodstream
and distribute into the interstitial and
intracellular fluids
metabolism
the drug may be biotransformed through
metabolism by the liver
elimination
the drug and its metabolites are eliminated
from the body in urine, bile, or feces
ROUTES OF ADMINISTRATION
ICV
intracerebroventricular
AS
left ear
AD
right ear
AU
both ears
