The study of how an organism affects a drug. This determines the fate of substances which enter a living organism and are used to describe Absorbance, Distribution, Metabolism and Excretion.
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Pharmacodynamics
The study of how a drug affects an organism.This determines the Biochemical and Physiological role of the drug.
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Absorbtion
The process of a substance entering the blood circulation. The unchanged drug moves from the site of administration to the site of measurement (blood/plasms)
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Distribution
The dispersion or dissemination of substances throughout the fluids and tissues of the body.
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Metabolism
The recognition by the organism that a foreign substance is present and the irreversible transformation of parent compounds into daughter metabolites.
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Excretion
The removal of substances from the body. In rare cases drugs irreversibly can accumulated in the body tissue.
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Elimination
The term for Metabolism and Excretion stages combined.
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Enteral
via the gastrointestinal tract
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Parenteral
usually means injectable routes but strictly includes all systemic routes other than oral or rectal (ie not via GI Tract).
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The study of how a drug affects an organism.This determines the Biochemical and Physiological role of the drug.
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Pharmacodynamics
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The process of a substance entering the blood circulation. The unchanged drug moves from the site of administration to the site of measurement (blood/plasms)
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The dispersion or dissemination of substances throughout the fluids and tissues of the body.
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The recognition by the organism that a foreign substance is present and the irreversible transformation of parent compounds into daughter metabolites.
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