Pharmacology vs. Therapeutics — What's the Difference?

Pharmacology is a branch of medicine, biology and pharmaceutical sciences concerned with drug or medication action, where a drug may be defined as any artificial, natural, or endogenous (from within the body) molecule which exerts a biochemical or physiological effect on the cell, tissue, organ, or organism (sometimes the word pharmacon is used as a term to encompass these endogenous and exogenous bioactive species). More specifically, it is the study of the interactions that occur between a living organism and chemicals that affect normal or abnormal biochemical function.

Medical treatment of disease; the art or science of healing.

The science of drugs, including their composition, uses, and effects.

(medicine) The treatment of disease; the science of healing; any therapeutic material or treatment

The characteristics or properties of a drug, especially those that make it medically effective.

That part of medical science which treats of the discovery and application of remedies for diseases.

(medicine) The science of drugs including their origin, composition, pharmacokinetics, therapeutic use, and toxicology.

Branch of medicine concerned with the treatment of disease

(medicine) The properties and reactions of drugs especially with relation to their therapeutic value.

Knowledge of drugs or medicines; the art of preparing medicines.

A treatise on the art of preparing medicines.

The science or study of drugs: their preparation and properties and uses and effects