Pharmacodynamics could be defined as what the drug does to the body. One could argue that it is the most important group of issues, because it encompasses the actual therapeutic effect of the drug.

Ideally, for any drug, all of the unwanted effects would be in the former category and all of the therapeutic effects would be in the latter category. There are many examples of side effects of ...

At least in some instances, these 'side effects' can contribute to the therapeutic effects of anticancer drugs. A non-exhaustive list of examples of drugs that combine anticancer and ...

These drugs are useful, but they are also toxic, and the window for dosing to induce the desired therapeutic effect before causing toxicity is very narrow. The major toxicity related to ...

According to the authors of a recent paper, "the placebo response in clinical trials has four components: regression to the mean (RTM), measurement artefacts, natural tendency (NT) of the disease, and ...

A new study reveals that entacapone, a drug used to treat Parkinson’s disease, significantly disrupts the gut microbiome by ...

Scientists at Gladstone Institutes have developed a drug that mimics the effects of breathing low oxygen. In mice with Leigh ...

There is a need for therapeutic drug monitoring (testing that measures ... She also shared the harmful effects of tobacco on a pregnant woman. The lecture was delivered as part of the Diamond ...

Depression isn’t the same for everyone: Multiple types exist, and people experience this treatable illness in varying degrees of severity. For some people with depression, nonpharmacological ...

without problematic side effects. Most breast cancers are estrogen receptor positive (ER+), and treatment typically involves several years of hormone therapy. Although these drugs are better ...