What makes a drug work? Understanding “Receptors” (I)

<p>Imagine you take a pill when you have a headache (perhaps like now when you are trying to understand some pharmacology lol). What happens after you swallow it? How does the pill reduce your headache from your digestive tract to the site of action?</p> <h1>Definition/Nature of a drug</h1> <p>“In the most general sense, a drug may be defined as any substance that brings about a change in biologic function through its chemical actions.”<br /> → A drug acts “chemically” instead of “physically” by nature to be distinguished from medical devices.</p> <p><a href="https://bionewsdigest.medium.com/what-makes-a-drug-work-understanding-receptors-36b499878cb0"><strong>Read More</strong></a></p>