PSY-B - Psychology PSY-B 394 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Peritoneum, Codeine, Penicillin
11 Apr 2016
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Pharmacology: scieniic study of acions of drugs and their efects on living organisms: neuropharmacology: drug-induced changes in cns funcion. May not alter behavior, but changes brain funcion: psychopharmacology: drug-induced changes in mood, thinking, and behavior. Alter mood/behavior in observable way: neuropsychopharmacology: drug-induced changes in cns funcioning and associated efects on mood, thinking, and behavior. Principles of pharmacology: goal is to achieve systemic circulaion through blood (pharmacokineics) Distribuion: blood will take it to many issues (non-intended side efects) Eliminaion: blood passes to liver, is metabolized, acive form used up (some may change); can be excreted by kidneys and through feces: pharmacodynamics: concentraion-efect (drug concentraion. What the drug does to the body: drug dose: pharmacokineics (dose-concentraion) What the body does to the drug. Process involved in the movement of drugs through the body: drug admin: oral, iv, ip, subcutaneous, intramuscular, inhalaion (smoking), mucousal. Bioavailability: amount of drug in blood that is free to reach target and elicit an efect.
