PHARMACOLOGY REVIEW CAPSTONE
PHARMACOLOGY REVIEW CAPSTONE Pharmacology study of medicines/medications drug any substance that is taken to prevent, cure, or improve symptoms of a medical condition Pharmacotherapy use of drugs for disease prevention and treatment of suffering Prodrug drug that must be chemically altered in the body to produce effects (work in /change in human body in order to be active) therapeutic describes what condition is being treated by the drug, disease specific ex) anti-hypertensive Pharmacologic describes how the drug acts in the body and produces its desired therapeutic effect or mechanism of action ex) ACE Inhibitor
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pharmacology study of medicinesmedications drug any substance that is taken to prevent
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or improve symptoms of a medical condition