Question

Discuss the pharmacological principles and how these principles are important across the lifespan.

Answer 1

Pharmacology is the scientific study of drugs

There are certain principles applied in pharmacology

Pharmacokinetics: It is the study of how medicine is affected in body

• Absorption
• Distribution
• Metabolism
• Excretion

1. Pharmacodynamics: What effect drug makes to our body
2. Pharmacotherapeutics: The purposes and indications of drug which helps to treat and cure the disease
3. Pharmacognosy: This studies how the medicine are made from natural sources: plant and animal
4. Drug absorption through various routes:

• Oral
• Intra venous
• Intra dermal
• Intra osseous
• Intra muscular

How these principles are important across the lifespan

• These principle are applied whenever medicines are administered.
• Every drug has different purpose, indication, side effects and various routes of their administration.
• In average life span of person people are experiencing various ailments and diseases.
• These principles are applied in across the life span of person to cure themselves from diseases and ailments.