Section outline
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Pharmacology is the study of how a drug affects a biological system and how the body responds to the drug.
The discipline encompasses the sources, chemical properties, biological effects and therapeutic uses of drugs.
These effects can be therapeutic or toxic, depending on many factors.
The student will be able to report the clinical applications, side effects and toxicities of drugs used in medicine. Few inter related areas of pharmacology:
PHARMACOKINETICS
PHARMACODYNAMICS
PHARMACOGENETICS
TOXICOLOGY