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| The study of the biochemical and physiological effects of the drugs and their mechanism of action. | PHARMACODYNAMICS |
| Once the drugs are taken into the body it exerts some effects. The mechanism of the action of the drug is the study of the pharmacodynamics | Pharmacodynamics |
| “What does the drugs do in our body?” | Pharmacodynamics |
| From the word “kinetics” which means movemen | Pharmacokinetics |
| The study of the action of drugs in the body: method and rate of excretion; duration of effect; etc. | PHARMACOKINETICS |
| "What does the body do to the drugs?” | PHARMACOKINETICS |
| Study of the properties and effects of drugs | Pharmacology |
| Drogue means? | Dry herbs |
| Additives of medicines | Excipients |
| Deals with the use of drugs in the prevention and treatment of diseases | PHARMACOTHERAPEUTICS |
| The branch of pharmacology that deals with the nature and effects and treatments of poisons | TOXICOLOGY |
| Oldest field of pharmacology because this is the study of sources of drug derived from plants and animal origin | PHARMACOGNOSY |
| Deals with the source, description (physical and chemical properties) and preparation of drugs | MATERIA-MEDIC |
| The study of drugs, or pharmaceuticals, typically used in the dental field | DENTAL PHARMACOLOGY |
| Most common types of drugs used by a dentist | Analgesics, antibiotics, anti-inflammatory drugs, and anesthetics. |
| Example of Alkaloids | Opium |
| Example of Glycosides | Digitalis (cardio drugs) |
| Example of Oils | Resins and Gums |
| What source is the Nystatin | Microorganisms |
| Way on how drugs carried to be able to reach the target or site of the intended effect | ROUTES OF DRUG ADMINISTRATION |
| A path by which a drug, fluid, or poison or a substance is brought into contact with the bod | Route (in pharmacology) |
| Enteral and Parenteral | Systemic |
| Enteron means | Intestine |
| Oral | Mouth |
| Where you put the drug under the tongue | Sublingual |
| Those that goes directly into the blood | Parenteral |
| Angled 25 degrees and directly hits the vein; it aims the vein | Intravenous (IV) |
| Angled 90 degrees and it reaches up to the muscle (like our vaccines) | Intramuscular (IM) |
| Which drug must be administered in an emergency | Injectable drug |
| Easily handled by the patients; it is the most convenient self-administration of medication. | Oral Dosage Form |
| Tablets Capsule Suspensions Lozenges Pills Granules | Oral dosage form |
| These are drugs applied to the skin/other topical surfaces | Topical dosage form |
| If the wound is open, if the wound is dry then you use creams because ointments are oil-based | Topical dosage form |
| These drugs are applied to the skin or other topical surfaces | Topical dosage form |
| Ointments Creams Foams | Topical dosage form |
| It has 100% bio availability | Parenteral dosage forms |
| Used in emergency situations because they reach the circulation as soon as possible | Parenteral Dosage forms |
| These are the drugs intended to be used in the vaginal cavity for either contraception, induction of labor, treatment of vaginal infections or local menopausal symptoms | Vaginal dosage forms |
| These are drugs commonly used to treat local ocular disorder like infection or inflammation | Opthalmic drug form |
| These ae aqueous-based systems that are instilled within or sprayed into the nasal cavity | Nasal drug form |
| These are agents that are instilled in the ear canal for the treatment of local disorders | Otic drug form |
| Capsules Granules Powder Tablets- lozenges, chewable, sublingual, buccal, pastilles | Solid Dosage Forms |
| These are preparations applied on the skin or to the mucous membrane to achieve local or systemic effec | Semi-solid dosage forms |
| These are liquid preparation that contains one or more soluble chemical substances dissolve in solvents | Liquid dosage forms |
| - These are drug products that are packaged under pressure in a holder | Gaseous dosage forms |
| It is manufactured according to the need of the patient | Pharmacodynamics |
| Drug-receptor relationship Binding to a drug is SPECIFIC SPECIFICITY IS RECIPROCAL | Binds to a receptor site |
| Are proteins that responds to the body’s own chemical messengers like hormones or neurotransmitters | Receptors |
| Block receptor activation by agonists | Antagonist |
| - It will happen after the mechanism of actions | Drug effects |
| Corpora nun agunt nisi fixita means | A drug will not work unless it’s bound. |
| Neurotransmitters Hormones | Endogenous drugs |