IMPORTANT POINTS TO REMEMBER
• Cross Tolerance – One drug exerts tolerance of another drug
• Tacyphylaxis – Rapid development of tolerance
• Adverse effect – any undesirable or unintended consequence of drug administration
• Side effects – These are unwanted but often unavoidable pharmacodynamic effects that occur at therapeutic doses
• Toxic effect – Unwanted effect due to overdose
• Idiosyncrasy – It is generally determined abnormal reactivity to chemical
• Drug Allergy – Immunological mediated reaction
• Iatrogenic – Disease arise due to drug (Physician induced)
GPAT, NIPER, drugs inspector, government pharmasist
