A type of treatment in which antibiotics are administered to prevent diseases.

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- Pharmacodynamics
- Pharmacokinetics 
- Therapeutic treatment
- Prophylactic treatment 

Focuses of Pharmacology

The study of how pharmaceutical drugs affect living systems, especially the  biochemical and physiological consequences that result from taking such drugs. 



Pharmacodynamics 

The study of how living systems affect drugs. Pharmacokinetics studies the uptake of drugs by the body, the biotransformation they undergo, the distribution of drugs and their metabolitites in the tissues, and their subsequent elimination from the body.

Pharmacokinetics

A type of treatment in which pharmaceutical drugs are administered to treat or cure a disease, injury, and mental or physical disorders.

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