(Part 4, General Pharmacology, VPT)
Topic: Factors modifying the drug effect and dosage. Adverse Drug reactions, Drug Interaction.
Factors modifying Drug effect and Dosage
Description:
Drug effect refers to the normal spectrum of biological response evoked by a drug when used at a recommended dosage, dose or dose rate.
The positively co-relate factors modifying drug effect and drug dosage may be grouped as:
- Physiological factors, e.g. species, age, sex and circadian rhythms
- Genetic factors, e.g. intraspecies variations
- Pathological factor, e.g. hepatic, renal or other dysfunctions
- Environmental factors, e.g. ambient conditions and dietary factors
- Therapeutic factors, e.g. route and frequency of drug administration pharmaceutical factors and drug-drug interactions
Note: The following pdf is the VPT note of General Pharmacology, Part 4 of BVSc & AH. *VPT- Veterinary Pharmacology and Toxicology.
Topics of the PDF file of 'Factors modifying Drug effect and Dosage' :
Introduction / Physiological Factors - Species, Age, Sex, Circadian Rhythm / Genetic Factors / Pathological Factors / Environmental Factors - Ambient Conditions, Dietary Factors / Therapeutic Factors - Route of Drug Administration, Frequency of Drug Administration, Pharmaceutical Factor, Drug-drug Interactions / Adverse Drug Reactions / Timing of Adverse Drug Reaction / Allergic Drug Reactions.
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