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Pharmacology · Chapter 1

What the Drug Does to the Body

Pharmacokinetics is what the body does to the drug. Pharmacodynamics is the reverse — what the drug does at the receptor, how the response grows with dose, and how close the helpful dose sits to the harmful one. Drag the slider and watch all three.

At the receptor

Dose–response curve

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