1. Biopharmaceutics
Pharmacy Technician

2. How drugs work…
Drugs produce either a desired or undesired effect on the body.
Once in the blood, they are circulated throughout the body.
Site of Action
The objective of drug therapy is to deliver the right drug, in the right concentration, to the right site of action, and at the right time to produce a desired effect.

3. When most drugs produce an effect, they are interacting at a molecular level with the cellular material or structure.
RECEPTOR
Types of Action…
Physical
Chemical
Metabolic

4. Antagonist-Block action
Agonist-activate receptors