This two-part article, the fourth in a series on pain, explores the four main divisions of pharmacology: pharmacodynamics–what the medicine does to the body; pharmacokinetics–what the body does to the medicine; pharmacoeconomics–the cost and benefit ratio compared to other treatments; and pharmacovigilance–a medicine’s safety profile. Part two, which will published next week, will explore the main categories of analgesic medicines.
Nursing Standard. 25, 4, 35-38. doi: 10.7748/ns2010.09.25.4.35.c7999
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