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Basic introduction
of pharmacology
Diksha singh
Department of pharmacology
Introduction-Definition
 Pharmacology is all about the study of Drug , Drug effect
on body and Body response for drug.
 Pharmacology is the science of drugs.
Pharmacon (drug/ medicine)+ Logos (to study )
To study about drug
Introduction
 Drug – Any agent which id used for :-
(a) Diagnosis – X ray
(b)Prevention – Vaccines
(c)Treatment – Antibiotic
 Drug effect (Pharmacodynamics) – What the drug does to
the body ( dynamis – power)
 Body response (Pharmacokinetics)- What the body does
to the drug ( kinesis-movement)
Some important terms
 Pharmacotherapeutics - It is the application of
pharmacological information together with knowledge of
the disease for its prevention or cure.
 Clinical pharmacology - It is the scientific study of
drugs in man. It includes pharmacodynamic and
pharmacokinetic investigation in healthy volunteers and
in patients; evaluation of efficacy and safety of drugs and
comparative trials with other forms of treatment;
surveillance of patterns of drug use, adverse effects, etc.
The aim of clinical pharmacology is to generate data for
optimum use of drugs and the practice of' evidence based
medicine'.
Some important terms
 Chemotherapy - the treatment of disease by the use of
chemical substances, especially the treatment of cancer by
cytotoxic and other drugs.
 Pharmacy - It is the art and science of compounding and
dispensing drugs or preparing suitable dosage forms for
administration of drugs to man or animals. It includes
collection, identification. purification, isolation, synthesis,
standardization and quality control of medicinal
substances. The large scale manufacture of drugs is called
Pharmaceutics. It is primarily a technological science.
Some important terms
 Toxicology - It is the study of poisonous effect of drugs
and other chemicals (household, environmental pollutant,
industrial, agricultural,) with emphasis on detection,
prevention and treatment of poisonings. It also includes the
study of adverse effects of drugs, since the same substance
can be a drug or a poison, depending on the dose.
Basic introduction of pharmacology

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Basic introduction of pharmacology

  • 1. Basic introduction of pharmacology Diksha singh Department of pharmacology
  • 2. Introduction-Definition  Pharmacology is all about the study of Drug , Drug effect on body and Body response for drug.  Pharmacology is the science of drugs. Pharmacon (drug/ medicine)+ Logos (to study ) To study about drug
  • 3. Introduction  Drug – Any agent which id used for :- (a) Diagnosis – X ray (b)Prevention – Vaccines (c)Treatment – Antibiotic  Drug effect (Pharmacodynamics) – What the drug does to the body ( dynamis – power)  Body response (Pharmacokinetics)- What the body does to the drug ( kinesis-movement)
  • 4. Some important terms  Pharmacotherapeutics - It is the application of pharmacological information together with knowledge of the disease for its prevention or cure.  Clinical pharmacology - It is the scientific study of drugs in man. It includes pharmacodynamic and pharmacokinetic investigation in healthy volunteers and in patients; evaluation of efficacy and safety of drugs and comparative trials with other forms of treatment; surveillance of patterns of drug use, adverse effects, etc. The aim of clinical pharmacology is to generate data for optimum use of drugs and the practice of' evidence based medicine'.
  • 5. Some important terms  Chemotherapy - the treatment of disease by the use of chemical substances, especially the treatment of cancer by cytotoxic and other drugs.  Pharmacy - It is the art and science of compounding and dispensing drugs or preparing suitable dosage forms for administration of drugs to man or animals. It includes collection, identification. purification, isolation, synthesis, standardization and quality control of medicinal substances. The large scale manufacture of drugs is called Pharmaceutics. It is primarily a technological science.
  • 6. Some important terms  Toxicology - It is the study of poisonous effect of drugs and other chemicals (household, environmental pollutant, industrial, agricultural,) with emphasis on detection, prevention and treatment of poisonings. It also includes the study of adverse effects of drugs, since the same substance can be a drug or a poison, depending on the dose.