📥Absorption

The process by which a drug enters the bloodstream.

⚗️Active Ingredient

The biologically active component of a pharmaceutical drug.

⛓️Addiction

A compulsive need to use a drug despite harmful consequences.

🚨Adverse Event Reporting

Documenting harmful effects from drug use.

🚨Adverse Reaction

A harmful and unintended response to a medication.

💊Analgesic

A medication used to relieve pain.

😴Anesthetic

A drug that induces insensitivity to pain.

🔥Anti-inflammatory

A medication that reduces inflammation in the body.

🦠Antibiotic

A substance that kills or inhibits the growth of bacteria.

🩸Anticoagulant

A drug that prevents blood clotting.

🧠Antidepressant

A medication used to treat depression.

🤧Antihistamine

A medication that counters allergic reactions.

🧠Antipsychotic

A medication used to treat psychosis and severe mental disorders.

🦠Antiviral

A medication used to treat viral infections.

❤️Beta Blocker

A drug that slows heart rate and reduces blood pressure.

📈Bioavailability

The proportion of a drug that enters circulation in active form.

🧬Biologic

A therapeutic product derived from living organisms or their components.

🔁Biosimilar

A biological product highly similar to an approved reference product.

🙈Blind Study

A trial where participants do not know their treatment.

™️Brand-Name Drug

A drug marketed under a proprietary name by a company.

🫁Bronchodilator

A drug that widens airways to ease breathing.

💊Capsule

A dosage form with a shell containing drug powder or liquid.

💊Chemotherapy

The use of drugs to kill cancer cells.

📋Clinical Trial

A research study that tests new treatments in human participants.

🚫Contraindication

A condition making a drug treatment inadvisable.

🧴Corticosteroid

A class of drugs that reduce inflammation and immune responses.

🔗Dependence

A physical or psychological need for a drug.

🔄Distribution

The movement of a drug through the body to tissues.

💧Diuretic

A drug that increases urine production to reduce fluid retention.

💊Dosage Form

The physical form in which a drug is administered.