Individual Variation in Drug Responses

Pharmacodynamic tolerance

Increases the MEC
Pharmacokinetic tolerance/metabolic tolerance

Accelerated drug metabolism and does not increase MEC.
Tachyphylaxis

Reduction in drug responsiveness brought on by repeated dosing over a period of short time.
Bioavailability

Ability of a drug to reach the systemic circulation from its site of administration.
Pharmacogenomics

Study of how genes affect individual drug responses.

Author

mabogado

101178

Card Set

Individual Variation in Drug Responses

Description

Individual Variation in Drug Responses

Updated

2011-09-12T02:50:45Z

Show Answers