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Introduction The branch of pharmacology that relates drug concentration to biologic effect is known as pharmacodynamics. Major goals of this area of study are determining the proper dose to administer to elicit the desired effect while avoiding toxicity. Although pharmacokinetics can be used to determine dosing requirements necessary to maintain a particular drug concentration, it is the relationship between drug concentration and effect that ultimately decides appropriate dosing. The ul...