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    Clinical pharmacology connects medical practice and laboratory science with the main objectives of promoting safe drug prescription, maximizing therapeutic effects, and minimizing side effects. It studies pharmacokinetics including absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion of drugs; pharmacodynamics of what drugs do to the body; and pharmacogenetics regarding genetic influences on drug response. Only about half of patients adhere fully to drug regimens, with frequent dosing schedules, denial of illness, lack of understanding of benefits, and cost being common reasons for non-adherence. Placebos are inactive substances used as controls in studies.

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    Clinical pharmacology connects medical practice and laboratory science with the main objectives of promoting safe drug prescription, maximizing therapeutic effects, and minimizing side effects. It studies pharmacokinetics including absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion of drugs; pharmacodynamics of what drugs do to the body; and pharmacogenetics regarding genetic influences on drug response. Only about half of patients adhere fully to drug regimens, with frequent dosing schedules, denial of illness, lack of understanding of benefits, and cost being common reasons for non-adherence. Placebos are inactive substances used as controls in studies.

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    Clinical pharmacology connects medical practice and laboratory science with the main objectives of promoting safe drug prescription, maximizing therapeutic effects, and minimizing side effects. It studies pharmacokinetics including absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion of drugs; pharmacodynamics of what drugs do to the body; and pharmacogenetics regarding genetic influences on drug response. Only about half of patients adhere fully to drug regimens, with frequent dosing schedules, denial of illness, lack of understanding of benefits, and cost being common reasons for non-adherence. Placebos are inactive substances used as controls in studies.

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    Introduction

    Clinical pharmacology is the science of drugs and their clinical use.


    Clinical pharmacology connects the gap between medical practice
    and laboratory science. The main objective is to promote the safety
    of prescription, maximise the drug effects and minimise the side
    effects. It is important that there be association with pharmacists
    skilled in areas of drug information, medication safety and other
    aspects of pharmacy practice related to clinical pharmacology.

    Clinical Pharmacologic Objectives

    1. Pharmacokinetics: Pharmacokinetics includes the study


    of the mechanisms of absorption and distribution of an
    administered drug, the rate at which a drug action begins
    and the duration of the effect, the chemical changes of
    the substance in the body (e.g. by enzymes) and the
    effects and routes of excretion of the metabolites of the
    drug. In short it includes –Absorption , Bioavailability,
    Distribution, Excretion Metabolism

    2. Pharmacodynamics - finding out what drugs do to the


    body and how. This includes not just the cellular and
    molecular aspects, but also more relevant clinical
    measurements. For example, not just the biology of
    salbutamol, a beta2-adrenergic receptor agonist, but the
    peak flow rate of both healthy volunteers and real
    patients

    3. Pharmacogenetics- Pharmacogenetics involves variations


    in drug response due to genetic make up
    4. Therapeutic drug monitoring: Includes measurement of
    plasma drug concentrations (including "free" rather than
    total drug concentrations) when indicated.

    5. Adverse drug reactions:

    6. Drug interactions: In pharmacodynamic interactions, one


    drug alters the sensitivity or responsiveness of tissues to
    another drug by having the same (agonistic) or a blocking
    (antagonistic) effect. These effects usually occur at the
    receptor level but may occur intracellularly.In
    pharmacokinetic interactions, a drug usually alters
    absorption, distribution, protein binding, metabolism, or
    excretion of another drug. Thus, the amount and
    persistence of available drug at receptor sites change.

    7. Special factors in each patient: consideration of


    recognize factors (such as age, sex, underlying disease,
    pregnancy, nursing, etc.).

    8. Obtaining and interpreting drug information: retrieving


    and understanding scientific data available from experts,
    internet sources, books, and other databases. Evaluate a
    new drug's efficacy and toxicity by reviewing primary,
    peer reviewed papers.

    9. Prevention and management of drug overdoses:


    10. Substance abuse: recognizing the presentations of
    intoxication, withdrawal, and medical complications of
    the common drugs of abuse.

    11. Prescribing:

    12. Communications skills:

    13. Integrating basic and clinical science:

    14. Recognition of pressures to prescribe irrationally

    Adherence to a Drug Regimen

    Adherence (compliance) is the degree to which a patient follows a


    treatment regimen. For drugs, adherence requires that the
    prescription is obtained promptly and the drug is taken as prescribed
    in terms of dose, dosing interval, and duration of treatment. Patients
    should be told to alert their physician if they stop or alter the way
    they take a drug, but they rarely do so.

    Only about half of patients who leave a physician's office with a


    prescription take the drug as directed. The most common reasons for
    non-adherence are

    1. Frequent dosing
    2. Denial of illness
    3. Poor comprehension of the benefits of taking the drug
    4. Cost

    Placebos
    Placebos are inactive substances or interventions, most often used in
    controlled studies for comparison with potentially active drugs

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