TOPIC: GENERAL PHARMACOLOGY 📌 KEY POINTS:👉 PHARMACOLOGY: The interactions between the living system and various substances (drugs).👉 A drug is a substance used for:Prevention (e.g., BCG vaccine for TB).Diagnosis (e.g., barium sulfate in X-ray imaging).Cure (e.g., INH for TB treatment).👉 Two important Branches of pharmacology are—1. Pharmacokinetics2. Pharmacodynamics.🔹 PHARMACOKINETICS: Study of drug movement in the body (what the body does to the drug).🔹 PHARMACODYNAMICS: Study of drug effects on the body (what the drug does to the body).🔹 PHARMACOGENETICS: Study of genetic basis for variability in drug response.🔹 PHARMACOGENOMICS: Using genetics to…
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