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Surface Pharm 1 test
Pharm 1
Question | Answer |
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Drug | Any chemical that can affect living process |
Pharmacology | the study of drugs and theirinteractions with living system |
Clinical Pharmacology | The study of drugs in humans |
Therapeutics | use of drugs to diagnose, prevent, or treat disease or prevent pregnancy |
Effectiveness | elicts the responce for which it is given. MOST IMPORTANT PROPERTY! |
Safety | Cannot produce harmful effects. NO SUCH DRUG |
reversable action | for most drugs important that effects reversible. |
Ease of administration | convenient |
Freedom of drug interaction | Would not interact with other agents |
Low cost | easy to afford |
chemical stability | retain its activity indefinitely |
Possession of simple generic name | easy to recall and pronounce |