Pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic principles of drug therapy in old age. Part 2. 1989

G Tsujimoto, and K Hashimoto, and B B Hoffman
Department of Pharmacology, Yamanashi Medical College, Japan.

In this Part 2, pharmacodynamic studies which have examined the possibility of true changes in drug "sensitivity" in old age are reviewed. In a variety of organ systems, age-related physiological changes are reflected in altered drug responsiveness in the elderly. Also, a better understanding of different pathophysiological background of disease in this age group leads to a more rational pharmacotherapeutic approach, which is exemplified in the recent drug therapy of hypertension in the elderly.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D010599 Pharmacokinetics Dynamic and kinetic mechanisms of exogenous chemical DRUG LIBERATION; ABSORPTION; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; BIOTRANSFORMATION; elimination; and DRUG TOXICITY as a function of dosage, and rate of METABOLISM. LADMER, ADME and ADMET are abbreviations for liberation, absorption, distribution, metabolism, elimination, and toxicology. ADME,ADME-Tox,ADMET,Absorption, Distribution, Metabolism, Elimination, and Toxicology,Absorption, Distribution, Metabolism, and Elimination,Drug Kinetics,Kinetics, Drug,LADMER,Liberation, Absorption, Distribution, Metabolism, Elimination, and Response
D004358 Drug Therapy The use of DRUGS to treat a DISEASE or its symptoms. One example is the use of ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS to treat CANCER. Chemotherapy,Pharmacotherapy,Therapy, Drug,Chemotherapies,Drug Therapies,Pharmacotherapies,Therapies, Drug
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000375 Aging The gradual irreversible changes in structure and function of an organism that occur as a result of the passage of time. Senescence,Aging, Biological,Biological Aging

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