Where can I get information about a medication or over-the-counter drug?
The Drug Information Center is available to residents of Illinois. For more information about their services and hours, please visit their web site. Click Here. Top of Page 6. What is a community pharmacist? Community pharmacy is a newer term for what used to be called retail pharmacy. The name change reflects a new emphasis in patient counseling. Top of Page 7. What is pharmacokinetics? Pharmacokinetics deals with the kinetics of absorption, distribution, metabolism and excretion of drugs in the body and its relationship with the pharmacodynamics. Top of Page 8. What is pharmacognosy? Pharmacognosy is the study of biologically active natural products. It therefore embraces all aspects of the botany, taxonomy, chemistry, biology, mechanisms of action, and uses of natural products from marine and terrestrial sources, including animals, plants, arthropods, fungi, bacteria, etc. These studies may involve the use of natural ethnomedicinal agents by indigenous groups, the isolation and char
