Pharmacology
The study of drugs and their interactions with living systems
Pharmacotherapeutics
Study of drugs in the treatment of disease
Pharmacokinetics
What happens to the drug in the body
Pharmacologic Class
drugs with similar mechanism of action
Therapeutic Class
drugs with similar effect on the body
drug sources
Plant
Animal
Mineral
Synthetic
Pharmacodynamics
What the drug does to the body
Idiosyncratic Reaction
Unpredictable reaction