CC4 – Mechanism of drug action

CC4. Mechanism of drug action refers to the process by which a drug produces a biological effect.

4.1. Multiple mechanisms of action may be necessary to explain the consequences resulting from administration of a drug.

4.2. The mechanism of drug action can be observed at multiple levels, including molecular, cellular and organ/system events that produce the observed outcomes.

4.3. The mechanism of drug action may involve activating, enhancing, blocking or limiting a physiological process.