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1.4: Uses of Drugs and Terminology

Pharmacology - Principles and Application for Medical Assistants · LibreTexts

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    Drugs are developed and used for specific purposes. Drugs are used to prevent, treat, diagnose, and cure diseases. The study of how drugs are used to treat disease is pharmacotherapeutics. Indication is the reason a drug is used, and efficacy is when a drug does what it is intended to do. Toxicology is the study of the poisonous effects of drugs.

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