Toxicology

What is the real significance of the a drug? Is it harmful or helpful? There are many ways in which drug can affect us. We ,people have different  ways to enjoy life and to deal with our emotional, physical and different problems. But too much is not always good. Sometimes we just cant control ourselves. We do things that we must not do..

                 Nowadays, drug addicts or people under the influence of drugs are increasing in number. So it is important for us to know the proper dosage and use of it and other chemicals or substances that enters our body.

Toxicology is the study of substances introduces in our body, its biological effects ,influence in our body mechanisms and its essentials.. toxins that are not  absorbed from the GIT don’t have systemic but local effects like bleeding, diarrhea and malabsorption of nutrients. Toxicology have divisions.

Therapeutic drug monitoring

                TDM is the dosage of the drug that is beneficial to the patient. It is individualized. It depends upon the weight and level or severity of illness. In this case it is important to know and understand pharmacokinetics, the effects of drugs in our body.

The object of all drug therapy is to have a constant serum level of drug that will be therapeutic. Half life of a drug is very important so that you would know the time interval between doses so that this level will be achieved.

Drug of abuse

Most of this drugs contains benzene rings barbiturates and acid drugs. For the users these are their partners in everything, these are their pleasuresand without these drugs life for them is nothing. Actually  these drugs are used to treat other diseases but because of their other effects especially when they are abused they became harmful.