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Pharmacodynamics: Melba Grace T. Donio, RN
Pharmacodynamics: Melba Grace T. Donio, RN
PHARMACODYNAMICS
IS A STUDY OF DRUG
CONCENTRATION AND ITS
EFFECT ON THE BODY.
MECHANISM OF ACTION
Ways in which a drug can produce a
therapeutic effect
The effects that a particular drug has
depends on the cells or organ targeted by
the drug
Once the drug hits its site of action it can
modify the rate at which a cell or tissue
functions
RECEPTOR INTERACTION
ENZYME INTERACTION
NON-SPECIFIC INTERACTION