Pharmacotoxicology

Pharmacotoxicology

Pharmacotoxicology entails the study of the consequences of toxic exposure to pharmaceutical drugs and agents in the health care field. The field of pharmacotoxicology also involves the treatment and prevention of pharmaceuticallly induced side effects.

Information gleaned from pharmacotoxicology is used in forensics and determination of therapeutic dose adjustment

External links

* [http://psychrights.org/Articles/PAICAonPolypharmacy.htm PsychRights.org] - 'Psychiatric Polypharmacy: A Word of Caution', Leslie Morrison, MS, RN, Esq, Paul B. Duryea, Charis Moore, Alexandra Nathanson-Shinn, Stephen E. Hall, MD, James Meeker, PhD, DABFT, Charles A. Reynolds, PharmD, BCPP, Protection & Advocacy, Inc.


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