Pharmacology terms 1

A substance that changes the way a living organism functions

• DRUG

• PHARMACOLOGY

• HOMEOSTASIS

The study of drugs, including their origins, properties, actions, and effects on the body

• PHARMACOGNOSY

• PHARMACODYNAMICS

• PHARMACOLOGY

• PHARMACOKINETICS

The study and identification of drugs from natural sources

• PHARMACOGNOSY

• SMALL MOLECULES

• PHARMACODYNAMICS

Produced synthetically from chemical substances and in general, are taken orally

• ABSORPTION

• SMALL MOLECULES

• CYTOCHROME P-450

• BIOENGINEERED DRUGS

Large protein structures produced by recombinant deoxyribonucleic acid (rDNA) technology,

typically given by infusion or injection

• CYTOCHROME P-450

• ANTAGONIST

• HOMEOSTASIS

• BIOENGINEERED DRUGS

When a patient is taking more than 5 drugs at a time.

• poly pharmacy

• pharmacology

• SMALL MOLECULE

The body's constant effort to maintain a state of health and stability

• PHARMACODYNAMICS

• HOMEOSTASIS

• INDUCTION

• CEILING EFFECT

Defined as a branch of pharmacology the studies how drugs act on the body

• PHARMACOKINETICS

• PHARMACOGNOSY

• DRUGOLOGY

• PHARMACODYNAMICS

A drug that triggers the same cellular response as the body's own chemical messenger

• AGONIST

• ANTAGONIST

• ANTIGEN

• METABOLITE

A drug that prevents the body's own chemical messenger from binding to a receptor site

• AGONIST

• ENZYME

• ANTAGONIST

• SMALL MOLECULES