pharmacology

This science covers all aspects of the study of drugs and their effects.

includes:

- Choose - psychopharmacology

Glossary:

- Choose - absorption absorption interaction abstinence syndrome acceptor action active metabolite active placebo additive interaction adjunctive ADR adverse drug reaction adverse effect affinity agonist amine hypothesis aminergic transmission antagonist association (pharmacology) augmentation autoinduction autoreceptor beneficial interaction bimodal bind bioavailability biotransformation catecholamine hypothesis ceiling effect challenge cheeking cholinergic hypothesis of Alzheimer's disease chronergy chronesthesy cigarette clinical class Cmax Cmin combination combination pharmacotherapy compliance cross taper cross-response dechallenge delivery delta opioid receptor depot discontinuation syndrome dispositional tolerance dissociation (pharmacology) distribution distribution interaction dosage form dose downregulation drug drug holiday drug intolerance effect effect mediated interaction effective concentration 50% efficacy electronic cigarette elimination excretion interaction first order kinetics generic genericebo effect half life heteroreceptor hookah hydrophilicity idiosyncratic interaction idiosyncratic response immediate release implant inactive metabolite indication inhaled (respiratory) interaction intranasal intrathecal inverse agonist isomer joint kappa opioid receptor ligand lipophilicity loading dose loose blockade maintenance dose median effective dose median inhibitory concentration median lethal dose megadose membrane transport mediated interaction metabolite metered-dose inhaler mixed agonist/antagonist monoamine hypothesis monotherapy mu opioid receptor Naranjo algorithm narghile neuron nocebo effect off-label opioid receptor optical isomer oral orphan drug osmotic controlled release overlap and taper parenteral partial agonist pharmacodynamics pharmacokinetics pharmacological amalgamation pharmacological dissection pharmacologist pharmacotherapy pipe placebo plasma protein transport interaction polypharmacy posology potency potentiation precursor preparation of drug Preparations prodrug receptor receptor mediated interaction receptor reserve rechallenge recipe rectal reuptake reverse tolerance Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy route of administration rush selectivity side effect sigma opioid receptor spare receptors steady state sublingual supervised consumption switching (drug) synapse tachyphylaxis therapeutic dose therapeutic effect therapeutic index therapeutic window tight blockade tincture titration tolerability tolerance (drug) topical toxic toxicometrics transdermal (patch) transmucosal trimodal unimodal upregulation volume of distribution zero order kinetics

Books, etc.

- Choose - Goodman & Gilman's The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics

Movies

- Choose - Merci Pour Le Chocolat Weed