What is the Scope of Pharmacology
Pharmacology is a discipline of science concerned with the study of medications and their effects on biological systems, or the study of how drugs function in the body (sometimes known as ‘drug activities’). To grasp this, we must analyses what a drug is, how it affects our physical, emotional, and psychological well-being, the type of drug being taken, the modalities of administration, the drug’s absorption, and the characteristics of the person taking the drug. This module will cover psycho pharmacology , which is the study of how mind-altering or psychoactive medications work. Psychoactive medications are substances that cause changes in mood, thinking, or behavior as a result of changes in brain activity. The term ‘drug’ will be used in this module to refer to all psychoactive drugs, including alcohol and other psychoactive substances (e.g. petrol). Demand of Pharmacologists In recent years, there has been an increase in the global. MS in Pharmacology gradua...