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Drug abuse is an inappropriate intake of substance either continually
or periodically.

Drug dependence is a person’s reliance on or need to take drug or
substance there are two type of dependence:

1) Physiological dependence: is due to biochemical changes in the
body tissue these tissue come to require substance for normal

function.

2) Psychological dependence: is emotional reliance on a drug to

maintain a since of wellbeing accompanied feeling of need.

• is about how the body deal with
Pharmacokinetics
drug (effect of body on drug)

• Is effect of drug on the body (d from
Pharmacodynamics
dynamic drug on body).

Pharmacotherapeutics • Is a clinical using of drug.

• The study of natural (plant and
Pharmacognosy
animal) drug sources.

Sources of Drugs

1. Plants: such as digitalis (fox glove) and atropine (atropa belladonna)

2. Human and animals: such as epinephrine, insulin and
adrenocorticotropic hormone.

3. Minerals: as iron, iodine and zinc
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Pharmacology Mnemonics and Short Notes By Muhammad Ramzan Ul Rehman