NURS 3110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drug, Polyene, Sterol
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Usuall(cid:455), (cid:449)e do(cid:374)"t have to reduce the dose or stop the medication: adverse drug reaction means an unintended, undesired and possibly unknown reaction to a medicine given at the correct dose that can harm the patient. Usually, we have to reduce the dose or stop the medication. Adverse effects can complicate treatment, lead to a complication, or combine a patie(cid:374)t"s comorbid conditions to form a totally new and difficult to treat disorder: any medicine can cause an adverse drug reaction. An adverse drug reaction can start soon after the patient takes the medicine, or up to two weeks after the patient stops taking the medicine. What is pharmacology: pharmacology is how drugs and biologics act on the human body. Researchers look for drugs and biologics that have little, if any, impact of drugs on human cells. Example: antifungal amphotericin b binds to ergosterol in cell membrane.
