- "Pharmacology is a branch of medicine, biology, and pharmaceutical sciences concerned with drug or medication action." - "Pharmacology is the science of drugs including their origin, composition, pharmacokinetics, therapeutic use, and toxicology." - "The field encompasses drug composition and properties, functions, sources, synthesis and drug design, molecular and cellular mechanisms, organ/systems mechanisms, signal transduction/cellular communication, molecular diagnostics, interactions, chemical biology, therapy, and medical applications and antipathogenic capabilities."
The study of how drugs interact with living organisms.
Pharmacokinetics: Pharmacokinetics refers to the study of how a drug is absorbed, distributed, metabolized, and eliminated by the body.
Pharmacodynamics: Pharmacodynamics refers to the study of how drugs interact with specific receptors or molecules in the body to produce a therapeutic response.
Drug metabolism: Drug metabolism refers to the process by which the body breaks down and eliminates drugs from the body.
Drug interactions: Drug interactions refer to situations where two or more drugs interact with each other in the body, which can lead to unexpected side effects or reduced effectiveness of one or more drugs.
Pharmacogenomics: Pharmacogenomics refers to the study of how a person's genetics can influence their response to drugs.
Toxicology: Toxicology refers to the study of how drugs and other substances can be toxic to the body, and how the body responds to toxic substances.
Clinical trials: Clinical trials refer to studies in humans that evaluate the safety and effectiveness of new drugs and other treatments.
Drug development: Drug development refers to the process of discovering and testing new drugs for clinical use.
Pharmaceutical chemistry: Pharmaceutical chemistry refers to the study of how drugs are synthesized and formulated, and how their chemical properties affect their behavior in the body.
Pharmacy practice: Pharmacy practice refers to the profession of pharmacy, including topics such as drug dispensing, patient counseling, and medication management.
- "A drug may be defined as any artificial, natural, or endogenous (from within the body) molecule which exerts a biochemical or physiological effect on the cell, tissue, organ, or organism." - "Sometimes the word pharmacon is used as a term to encompass these endogenous and exogenous bioactive species."
- "It is the study of the interactions that occur between a living organism and chemicals that affect normal or abnormal biochemical function." - "Pharmacodynamics studies the effects of a drug on biological systems, and pharmacokinetics studies the effects of biological systems on a drug."
- "Pharmacology, a biomedical science, deals with the research, discovery, and characterization of chemicals which show biological effects and the elucidation of cellular and organismal function in relation to these chemicals." - "In contrast, pharmacy, a health services profession, is concerned with the application of the principles learned from pharmacology in its clinical settings."
- "The two main areas of pharmacology are pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics." - "Pharmacodynamics discusses the chemicals with biological receptors, and pharmacokinetics discusses the absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion (ADME) of chemicals from the biological systems."
- "Pharmacodynamics studies the effects of a drug on biological systems." - "Pharmacodynamics discusses the chemicals with biological receptors."
- "Pharmacokinetics studies the effects of biological systems on a drug." - "Pharmacokinetics discusses the absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion (ADME) of chemicals from the biological systems."
- "Pharmacy... is concerned with the application of the principles learned from pharmacology in its clinical settings." - "Whether it be in a dispensing or clinical care role."
- "The primary contrast between the two is their distinctions between direct-patient care, pharmacy practice, and the science-oriented research field, driven by pharmacology." - "Pharmacy, a health services profession, is concerned with the application of the principles learned from pharmacology in its clinical settings."
- "Pharmacology is concerned with the research, discovery, and characterization of chemicals which show biological effects and the elucidation of cellular and organismal function in relation to these chemicals."
- "The field encompasses drug composition and properties, functions, sources, synthesis and drug design, molecular and cellular mechanisms, organ/systems mechanisms, signal transduction/cellular communication, molecular diagnostics, interactions, chemical biology, therapy, and medical applications and antipathogenic capabilities."
- "Pharmacokinetics discusses the absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion (ADME) of chemicals from the biological systems."
- "A drug may be defined as any artificial, natural, or endogenous (from within the body) molecule which exerts a biochemical or physiological effect on the cell, tissue, organ, or organism."
- "Pharmacology is the study of the interactions that occur between a living organism and chemicals that affect normal or abnormal biochemical function."
- "Pharmacology is the science of drugs including their origin, composition, pharmacokinetics, therapeutic use, and toxicology."
- "Pharmacodynamics studies the effects of a drug on biological systems."
- "Pharmacokinetics studies the effects of biological systems on a drug."
- "Pharmacology deals with the research, discovery, and characterization of chemicals which show biological effects and the elucidation of cellular and organismal function in relation to these chemicals."
- "If substances have medicinal properties, they are considered pharmaceuticals."
- "Pharmacy... is concerned with the application of the principles learned from pharmacology in its clinical settings."