Clinical pharmacology is a new discipline, which mainly studies the function and metabolism of drugs in human body, especially the efficacy, side effects and mechanism of new drugs. Its purpose is to ensure the safety, effectiveness and rationality of medication. Clinical pharmacology is based on pharmacology, involving theories and techniques of physiology, pathology, pharmacology, biochemistry, microbiology, immunology and other disciplines.

Clinical pharmacy is an applied discipline, which mainly studies the drug treatment of patients. Clinical pharmacists provide patients with safe and effective drug treatment schemes by deeply participating in clinical treatment and using pharmaceutical knowledge, so as to achieve the best treatment effect.

Clinical pharmacy covers pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics and adverse drug reactions. It also involves the ethical and economic issues of drug treatment.

Although clinical pharmacology and clinical pharmacy overlap in some aspects, their core difference is that clinical pharmacology pays more attention to the study of the basic function and metabolic process of drugs in human body, while clinical pharmacy pays more attention to the practical application and effect of drugs in patients.

In practical work, the research results of clinical pharmacology can provide theoretical basis and practical guidance for clinical pharmacy, and the work of clinical pharmacy can provide more research needs and directions for clinical pharmacology. They support and promote each other, and promote the improvement of drug research and treatment.

Generally speaking, clinical pharmacology and clinical pharmacy are two interrelated disciplines, which play an important role in the field of drug research and treatment. In practical work, the two need to cooperate closely to provide the best drug treatment scheme to ensure the safety, effectiveness and rationality of patients' medication.

Characteristics of clinical pharmacology

1. Interdisciplinary: Clinical pharmacology is an interdisciplinary subject. Based on pharmacology and clinical medicine, it studies the law and mechanism of action of drugs in human body and discusses the interaction between drugs and human body. This makes the research content of clinical pharmacology widely involved in pharmacology, clinical medicine, biology, chemistry and other fields.

2. Applicability: The research results of clinical pharmacology are directly applied to clinic, providing scientific basis for the research and development of new drugs, the evaluation of drug efficacy and the formulation of rational drug use plans. This makes the study of clinical pharmacology have strong application value, which is of great significance to improve the level of clinical treatment and promote the development of medicine.

3. Innovation: With the rapid development of medical science and technology, the variety and quantity of new drugs are also growing rapidly. Clinical pharmacology provides theoretical support and practical guidance for the development of new drugs by studying the mechanism of action and in vivo process of new drugs. This makes the research of clinical pharmacology need continuous innovation to meet the needs of the development of medical science and technology.