The of drugs organizes medications based on their mechanism of action (how they work at a molecular level) and their physiologic effect (what they do to the body) . This differs from therapeutic classification , which groups drugs by the clinical disease or condition they are intended to treat. Key Classification Principles
-blockers), enzyme inhibitor (e.g., ACE inhibitors), or ion channel modulator. pharmacological classification of drugs
Drugs can be categorized using several distinct frameworks depending on the context: The of drugs organizes medications based on their