Pharmacology

phase I - clinical trials

1st tried on healthy human subjects - drugs are given a generic drug name - assigned by a government agency.

Phase IV clinical trials -

Post marketing

Phase II & III clinical trials

drugs are tested on humans having the condition or disease the drug is supposed to treat.

Pathophysiology

the study of abnormal body processes or disease.

Pharmacodynamics

the study of drugs and their receptors on the molecular level

Pharmacokinetics

the study of how drugs are absorbed into the bloodstream (absorption), circulated to tissues throughout the body (distribution), inactivated (metabolized), and eliminated (metabolism and excretion).

Pharmaceutics

the study of how drugs are introduced into the body

Pharmacotherapeutics

the study of how drugs are used in clinical practice for individual patients.

Pharmacology

the study of how drugs from various sources work inside the body for their intended purposes.

Physiology

the study of normal body function