Assoc. Prof. Muhammet Emin Çam
Rector Advisor, Vice Dean, and Faculty Member - Istanbul Kent University, Faculty of Pharmacy, Departmant of Pharmocology
Visiting Researcher&Lecturer -  University College London, Mechanical Engineering and Faculty of Medicine, UK
Visiting Lecturer - University of Aveiro, Faculty of Biomedical Engineering, Portugal
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Basic Pharmacology Information

Basic Pharmacology Information

TermDefinitionExample Usage
PharmacokineticsExplains the movement of the drug within the bodyAbsorption, distribution, metabolism
PharmacodynamicsEffects of the drug on the bodyReceptor interaction, side effects
Half-Life (t1/2​)Time required for the amount of drug in the plasma to decrease by halfParacetamol ≈2 hours
BioavailabilityThe proportion of a drug that enters the systemic circulationIV 100%, oral variable
Therapeutic IndexThe range of safe use of a drugWide: Penicillin, Narrow: Warfarin

Assoc. Prof. Muhammet Emin Çam
Assoc. Prof. Muhammet Emin Çam
Rector Advisor, Vice Dean, and Faculty Member - Istanbul Kent University, Faculty of Pharmacy, Departmant of Pharmocology
Visiting Researcher&Lecturer -  University College London, Mechanical Engineering and Faculty of Medicine, UK
Visiting Lecturer - University of Aveiro, Faculty of Biomedical Engineering, Portugal