Drugs can bind either through plasma proteins or blood cells : Binding of Drugs to Plasma Proteins : In systemic circulation drug interacts with plasma and blood components (plasma proteins, blood cells and haemoglobin). In blood...
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Drugs distribution is affected by : Age : Distribution varies with difference in : Total Body Content (Intracellular and Extracellular) : It is maximum in infants. Fat Content : Greater in infants and in elder ones. Skeletal...
A number of drugs are yielded by plants and animals. This classification can be done according to the physical and chemical properties of the drug. In this, drugs are categorised in the following groups: Alkaloids : Compounds...
The following points help to understand the nature of drugs in a better manner: Physical State of Drug : At room temperature, drugs may either be in the form of solid (e.g., aspirin, atropine), liquids (e.g., nicotine, ethanol)...
Introduction of Drugs In general, any substance which brings about a change in the biological functions by way of its chemical action is defined as a drug. Drug may be a therapeutic agent which is used in the prevention...
Introduction to Pharmacology Pharmacology is the study of various characteristics of drug molecules and related compounds. The term Pharmacology originated from Greek words Pharmacon (meaning drug.) Logos (studied in, i.e...
Health care in the United States, historically focused on encounter-based care and treating illness as it arises rather than preventing it, is now undergoing a sweeping transformation toward a more population health based...
The most centrally relevant, and hence the most important, concept here obviously is that of epidemiology. To me, epidemiology has a singular meaning: it is (the practice of) community medicine (Miettinen 2011; Miettinen and...
The identification of the causal role of tobacco smoking in a variety of diseases is a prime success of the new, post-Second World War epidemiology The historical sketch (see ‘The new epidemiology’) contains an outline that...
‘Know yourself ’: this Socratic maxim expresses the rationale for learning the history of epidemiology. Self-knowledge, as derived from a view of the development in time of epidemiology, promotes a positively critical...
