Pharmacodynamics

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Pharmacodynamics is the actions of drugs on the body.

For drugs to act upon the body the must be able to exert some chemical influence upon a cell to result in a physiological response. They are capable of doing this by binding to a target molecule (usually proteins).

There are four main kinds of targets for the drugs to bind to:

  • Receptors: