pharmacodynamics
Sign in to savethumb|Topics of pharmacodynamics Pharmacodynamics (PD) is the study of the biochemical and physiologic effects of drugs (especially pharmaceutical drugs). The effects can include those manifested within animals (including humans), microorganisms, or combinations of organisms (for example, infection).
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- Basics
- Effects on the body
- Desired activity
- Undesirable effects
- Therapeutic window
- Duration of action
- Recreational drug use
- Total
- Onset
- Come up
- Peak
- Offset
- After effects
- Receptor binding and effect
- Multicellular pharmacodynamics
- Toxicodynamics
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
thumb|Topics of pharmacodynamics Pharmacodynamics (PD) is the study of the biochemical and physiologic effects of drugs (especially pharmaceutical drugs). The effects can include those manifested within animals (including humans), microorganisms, or combinations of organisms (for example, infection).
Pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics are the main branches of pharmacology, being itself a topic of biology interested in the study of the interactions of both endogenous and exogenous chemical substances with living organisms.