[Basic concepts in pharmacology: important terms in pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics]

Ernst Singer

doi:10.1159/000113446

[Basic concepts in pharmacology: important terms in pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics]

Onkologie. 2008:31 Suppl 2:21-4. doi: 10.1159/000113446. Epub 2008 Apr 18.

[Article in German]

Author

Ernst Singer¹

Affiliation

¹ Institut für Pharmakologie, Zentrum für Biomolekulare Medizin und Pharmakologie, Medizinische Universität Wien, Osterreich. ernst.singer@meduniwien.ac.at

PMID: 18487864
DOI: 10.1159/000113446

Abstract

General Pharmacology consists of two fields of interest, pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics. The most important concept in pharmacodynamics is the dose-response relationship, which describes the dependence of the effect of a drug from its concentration at its receptor. Main topics in pharmacokinetics are the distribution of drugs in the various compartments of the body and the time course of their concentration in the blood. Important terms used in pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics are explained.

Publication types

English Abstract
Review

MeSH terms

Clinical Trials as Topic / methods*
Computer Simulation
Germany
Information Storage and Retrieval / methods*
Medical Oncology / methods*
Models, Biological*
Pharmacokinetics*
Practice Guidelines as Topic
Research Design*
Terminology as Topic*