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chronopharmacology

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chronopharmacology
Pharmacology The study of the interactions of biologic rhythms with medications; chronopharmacology is focused on 2 areas: 1. Biologic rhythm dependencies of medications and underlying mechanisms 2. Effect of timing pharmacotherapy on biologic time structure and relationships among rhythms. See Circadian rhythm, Pharmacokinetics.


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Chronopharmacology ties drug therapy to rhythmic biologic alterations and looks at response in relation to time of medication administration.
Controlled release systems are based on chronopharmacology, which deals with the effects of circadian biological rhythms on drug actions.
Controlled release systems are based on chronopharmacology, which deals with the effects of circadian biological rhythms on drug actions.
 
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