RT Book, Section
A1 Trevor, Anthony J.
A1 Katzung, Bertram G.
A1 Kruidering-Hall, Marieke M.
A1 Masters, Susan B.
SR Print(0)
ID 56980001
T1 Chapter 1. Introduction
T2 Katzung & Trevor's Pharmacology: Examination & Board Review, 10e
YR 2013
FD 2013
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-178923-3
LK accesspharmacy.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=56980001
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,  excretion,  etc.  Pharmacodynamics  denotes  the  actions  of  the  drug  on  the  body,  such  as  mechanism  of  action  and  therapeutic  and  toxic  effects.  This  chapter  introduces  the  basic  principles  of  pharmacokinetics  and  pharmacodynamics  that  will  be  applied  in  subsequent  chapters.