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Clinical pharmacology. Clinical pharmacology is "that discipline that teaches, does research, frames policy, gives information and advice about the actions and proper uses of medicines in humans and implements that knowledge in clinical practice". [ 1][ 2] Clinical pharmacology is inherently a translational discipline underpinned by the basic ...
ISBN 9781135186357. Retrieved 2018-06-17. Strategic management is the process of assessing the corporation and its environment in order to meet the firm's long-term objectives of adapting and adjusting to its environment through manipulation of opportunities and reduction of threats.A corporation-oriented view.
Pharmacodynamics ( PD) is the study of the biochemical and physiologic effects of drugs (especially pharmaceutical drugs ). The effects can include those manifested within animals (including humans), microorganisms, or combinations of organisms (for example, infection ). Pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics are the main branches of ...
The plateau principle is a mathematical model or scientific law originally developed to explain the time course of drug action ( pharmacokinetics ). [1] The principle has wide applicability in pharmacology, physiology, nutrition, biochemistry, and system dynamics. It applies whenever a drug or nutrient is infused or ingested at a relatively ...
Pharmacognosy is the study of crude drugs obtained from medicinal plants, animals, fungi, and other natural sources. [ 1] The American Society of Pharmacognosy defines pharmacognosy as "the study of the physical, chemical, biochemical, and biological properties of drugs, drug substances, or potential drugs or drug substances of natural origin ...
Their new text was first published in 1941 under the title The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics: A Textbook of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Therapeutics for Physicians and Medical Student. [1] Because the volume was twice as long as a typical textbook, Macmillan printed few copies, but demand for a readable, up-to-date pharmacological text ...
Pharmacotherapy. Pharmacotherapy, also known as pharmacological therapy or drug therapy, is defined as medical treatment that utilizes one or more pharmaceutical drugs to improve ongoing symptoms (symptomatic relief), treat the underlying condition, or act as a prevention for other diseases ( prophylaxis ). [ 1]
D010600. Pharmacology is the science of drugs and medications, [ 1] including a substance's origin, composition, pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, therapeutic use, and toxicology. More specifically, it is the study of the interactions that occur between a living organism and chemicals that affect normal or abnormal biochemical function. [ 2]