The biochemical interaction through which a drug produces its pharmaceutical effect. This generally involves enzymes, receptors, and other targets of cells to produce a cellular response.

Mechanism of Action

- Ozone is an unstable molecule that serves as a strong oxidizing agent
- Ozone has anti-inflammatory properties, and serves as an immunomodulator
- When ozone breaks down, it causes blood vessels to become dilated
- Ozone’s impact is dependent on its dosage
- Ozone messengers (ROS and LOPs) provide therapeutic effects
- ROS acts on blood
- LOPs impact the organs in the body
- ROS increases oxygen uptake by red blood cells (preventing hypoxemia) and stimulates white blood cells
- Ozone releases cytokines (which is known to cause inflammation) but can block the NF-kB pathway
- Ozone decrease the number of IL-6 receptors being activated


Ozone's Therapeutic Effect on COVID-19 Patients

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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- 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

Therapeutic Treatment 

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

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