RT Book, Section
A1 Katzung, Bertram G.
A1 Kruidering-Hall, Marieke
A1 Trevor, Anthony J.
SR Print(0)
ID 1156527296
T1 Introduction
T2 Katzung & Trevor's Pharmacology: Examination & Board Review, 12e
YR 2019
FD 2019
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781259641022
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1156527296
RD 2024/04/24
AB Pharmacology  is  the  body  of  knowledge  concerned  with  the  action  of  chemicals  on  biologic  systems.  Medical  pharmacology  is  the  area  of  pharmacology  concerned  with  the  use  of  chemicals  in  the  prevention,  diagnosis,  and  treatment  of  disease,  especially  in  humans.  Toxicology  is  the  area  of  pharmacology  concerned  with  the  undesirable  effects  of  chemicals  on  biologic  systems.  Pharmacokinetics  describes  the  effects  of  the  body  on  drugs,  eg,  absorption,  metabolism,  excretion,  etc.  Pharmacodynamics  denotes  the  actions  of  the  drug  on  the  body,  such  as  mechanism  of  action  and  therapeutic  and  toxic  effects.  The  first  part  of  this  chapter  reviews  the  basic  principles  of  pharmacokinetics  and  pharmacodynamics  that  will  be  applied  in  subsequent  chapters.  The  second  part  of  the  chapter  reviews  the  discovery  and  development  of  new  drugs  and  the  regulation  of  drugs.