HyperkinesiaHyperkinesia refers to an increase in muscular activity that can result in excessive abnormal movements, excessive normal movements, or a combination of both. Hyperkinesia is a state of excessive restlessness which is featured in a large variety of disorders that affect the ability to control motor movement, such as Huntington's disease. It is the opposite of hypokinesia, which refers to decreased bodily movement, as commonly manifested in Parkinson's disease.
HépatotoxicitéHepatotoxicity (from hepatic toxicity) implies chemical-driven liver damage. Drug-induced liver injury is a cause of acute and chronic liver disease caused specifically by medications and the most common reason for a drug to be withdrawn from the market after approval. The liver plays a central role in transforming and clearing chemicals and is susceptible to the toxicity from these agents. Certain medicinal agents, when taken in overdoses (e.g. paracetamol) and sometimes even when introduced within therapeutic ranges (e.
Index thérapeutiqueL'index thérapeutique est, pour une substance, le rapport de deux quantités caractérisées, celles de la dose létale 50 (DL 50), soit la quantité de substance entraînant la mort chez 50 % des individus, et de la dose efficace On calcule l'index thérapeutique de cette façon : IT = DL 50 / DE 50. Plus l’index thérapeutique d’une substance est faible, moins il y a de différence entre la dose susceptible d’obtenir un effet thérapeutique et celle susceptible d’entraîner la mort, et plus cette substance est dangereuse, donc.
