BIOM1060 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Pharmacology, Chemical Substance
BIOM1061 23/07/18
Pharmacology
Pharmacology = pharmakon “poison” + logia “study of”
Pharmacology
- Science of drugs
- How drugs react biologically at receptor sites in body and cause physiological change
- Study of interactions between drugs and living organisms which affect normal or
abnormal biochemical processes
Definitions
- Drug: any man-made, natural or endogenous chemical substance that exerts
physiological effects on cells, tissues, organs or organisms
- Pharmacodynamics: study of the action of drugs on living tissue
- Pharmacokinetics: study of drug absorption, distribution, metabolism and excretion
- Pharmacotherapeutics: study of the use of drugs in treating disease
- Pharmacy: study of preparing and dispensing medicines
- Posology: study of the amount of drug required to produce therapeutic effects
- Toxicology: study of the harmful effects of drugs on living tissue
Naming drugs
- Drugs have three names
o Chemical
o Common (not capitalised)
o Trademarked (always capitalised)
Document Summary
Pharmacology = pharmakon (cid:862)poison(cid:863) + logia (cid:862)study of(cid:863) How drugs react biologically at receptor sites in body and cause physiological change. Study of interactions between drugs and living organisms which affect normal or abnormal biochemical processes. Drug: any man-made, natural or endogenous chemical substance that exerts physiological effects on cells, tissues, organs or organisms. Pharmacodynamics: study of the action of drugs on living tissue. Pharmacokinetics: study of drug absorption, distribution, metabolism and excretion. Pharmacotherapeutics: study of the use of drugs in treating disease. Pharmacy: study of preparing and dispensing medicines. Posology: study of the amount of drug required to produce therapeutic effects. Toxicology: study of the harmful effects of drugs on living tissue.
