- "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."
Study of drugs and their effects on living organisms.
Pharmacokinetics: This topic studies how the body absorbs, distributes, metabolizes, and excretes drugs.
Pharmacodynamics: This topic studies how drugs interact with the body at the molecular, cellular, and organ levels.
Drug development: This topic studies the process of developing new drugs, including drug discovery, preclinical testing, clinical trials, and FDA approval.
Drug classes: This topic studies the different classes of drugs, including their mechanisms of action, therapeutic uses, side effects, and interactions.
Dosage and administration: This topic studies the proper dosing and administration of drugs, including calculating correct dosages, routes of administration, and timing.
Adverse drug reactions: This topic studies the potential adverse effects of drugs, including side effects, drug interactions, and allergic reactions.
Drug abuse and addiction: This topic studies the misuse and abuse of drugs, including drug addiction and dependence.
Pharmacology research and innovation: This topic studies the latest advances and research in pharmacology, including new drugs, drug delivery systems, and drug discovery methods.
Clinical pharmacy practice: This topic studies the role of pharmacists in patient care, including medication therapy management, drug reconciliation, and patient education.
Pharmacoeconomics: This topic studies the economic aspects of drug therapy, including cost-effectiveness analysis, health outcomes research, and health policy related to drug coverage and reimbursement.
Clinical Pharmacology: It involves the study of the effects of drugs on human beings including clinical trials, pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics.
Pharmacodynamics: It is the study of the effects that drugs have on the body.
Pharmacokinetics: It is the study of what happens to drugs in the body, including their absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion.
Toxicology: It is the study of the harmful effects of drugs and chemicals on living organisms.
Pharmacogenomics: It is the study of how genetic variations affect drug response.
Pharmaceutical Chemistry: It is concerned with the discovery and design of new drugs.
Neuropsychopharmacology: It is the study of how drugs affect the brain and behavior.
Cardiovascular Pharmacology: It is the study of drugs that affect the heart and blood vessels.
Immunopharmacology: It is the study of drugs that affect the immune system.
Endocrine Pharmacology: It is the study of drugs that affect the endocrine system.
Oncology Pharmacology: It is the study of drugs used in the treatment of cancer.
Gastrointestinal Pharmacology: It is the study of drugs that affect the gastrointestinal tract.
Respiratory Pharmacology: It is the study of drugs that affect the respiratory system.
Renal Pharmacology: It is the study of drugs that affect the kidneys.
Psychopharmacology: It is the study of drugs used in the treatment of psychiatric disorders.
Pharmacoeconomics: It is the study of the costs and benefits of drugs.
Pharmacy Practice: It involves the practice of pharmacology in a clinical setting, including dispensing of medication.
Veterinary Pharmacology: It is the study of drugs used to treat animals.
- "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."