basic pharm
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- a DRUG is any chemical that alters _______O'sF&P_________.
- an organism's functions or processes
- PHARMACOLOGY is the systematic study of drugs, including their ____O,P&I w/_______________.
- origin, properties, and interactions with living organisms
- Pharmacy is the _______P&D________ of drugs.
- preparation and dispensing
- Pharmacotherapeutics - The ___UOD___ in the ____P&T of D_________.
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use of drugs
prevention and treatment of disease - pharmacokinetics is the study of the BA,D,M,&E of drugs.
- bodily absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion
- Intravenous
- Most rapid onset
- Intramuscular
- Large volumes often feasible, may be painful
- Subcutaneous
- Less volumes than IM, may be painful
- Oral
- Most convenient; 1st pass effect may be significant
- Rectal
- Less 1st pass effect than oral
- Inhalation
- Often very rapid onset
- Transdermal
- Usually very slow, used for lack of 1st pass effect; prolonged duration of action