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Pharmaceutics

A

The study of how various drug forms influence the way in

which the drug affects the body.

2
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Pharmacokinetics

A
The study of what the body does to the drug. 
Ex: 
Absorption
Distribution
Metabolism
Excretion
3
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Pharmacodynamics

A

The study of what the drug does to the body

4
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Pharmacotherapeutics

A

The clinical use of drugs to prevent and treat diseases
 Defines principles of drug actions—the cellular processes
that change in response to the presence of drug
molecules
 Drugs are organized into pharmacologic classes

5
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Pharmacokinetics

A

-Drug movement throughout the body
-Study of what happens to a drug from the time it is put
into the body until the parent drug and all metabolites
have left the body

6
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Onset

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The time it takes for the drug to elicit a

therapeutic response

7
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Peak

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The time it takes for a drug to reach its maximum therapeutic
response

8
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Duration

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The time a drug concentration is sufficient to elicit a

therapeutic response