Week 1 note of Pharm - basic concepts:
- Pharmaco-Dynamics (PD): Drug effects on body (@ receptor: Affinity, Inhibition, Potency, Efficacy; ED50, TD50, LD50, TI)
- Pharmaco-Kinetics (PK): body effects on drugs (absorption, distribution, metabolism, elimination)
- Must know for each drug class: therapeutic benefits, contraindications, adverse effects, drug-drug interactions, & mechanisms.
- 'Do Not Use' abbreviation list.
- Prescription writing: prescriber info. & signature, DEA#, Pt info., date, Rx, sig., inscription, #'s refill, generic substitution requirement.
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