Lehne's Pharmacology Test 1 | 98 Questions and Answers(A+ Solution guide)

Pharmacokinetics - The affect the body has on drugs. The movement of drugs through the body. Pharmacodynamics - The affect drugs have on the body. The study of the biochemical and physiologic effects of drugs and the molecular mechanisms by which those effects are produced. Drug - Any chemical that can affect living processes. Pharmacology - The study of drugs and their interactions with living systems. Clinical Pharmacology - The study of drugs in humans. Therapeutics(pharmacotherapeutics) - The use of drugs to diagnose, prevents, or treat disease or to prevent pregnancy. 3 main properties of an ideal drug - Effectiveness, safety, selectivity Effectiveness - a drug that elicits the responses it was designed for. Safety - a drug that cannot produce harmful effects Selectivity - a drug that elicits only the response for which it is given. Additional Properties of an ideal drug - Reversible action, predictability, ease of administration, freedom from drug interaction, low cost, chemical stability, possession of a simple generic name The Therapeutic Objective - To provide maximum benefit with minimal harm