Fundamentals of Pharmacology

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Decks in this class (11)

L1: What is pharmacology?
intro to the module
38  cards
L2: Sources of drugs & their nature
Learning Objectives: • List some key points in the history of the pharmaceutical industry • List the main sources of drugs, giving examples from each source • Describe the key stages in the drug discovery process • Explain what is meant by the term “structure-activity relationship” and why it is important in drug development List the four phases of clinical trials and explain the main purpose of each phase
35  cards
L3: Concentration Response Relationship
• Draw typical “concentration vs response” and “log concentration vs response” curves with appropriately labelled axes • List some common responses to drugs and explain how they are measured • Distinguish between in vitro, in vivo and ex vivo measurements • Explain the term “EC50” and how it is measured • Distinguish between the terms “potency”, “potency ratio” and “relative potency” Explain the term “Therapeutic Index” and how it is measured
27  cards
L4: Drug Action at Receptors
Learning Objectives: • Explain the role of receptors in cell signalling • Define the terms “specificity”, “affinity” and “efficacy” • List the main forms of antagonism produced by drugs • Describe the differences between the actions of full agonists, partial agonists and competitive antagonists on receptors - Describe the effect of a reversible competitive antagonist on the log concentration vs response curve for an agonist
42  cards
L5: Measuring of drug action
What are radioligand binding assays,
First step of measuring affinity,
Second step of measuring affinity
22  cards
L6: Basic tissue types & systems
Define tissues,
Define organs,
3  cards
L7: Neurotransmitter identification & proof of function
4 usual steps towards establishin...,
Define piloerection,
Define bladder relaxation
12  cards
L8: drugs affecting neuromuscular junction
How many processes can drug affec...,
What processes pre synaptifcally ...,
What processes post synaptically ...
35  cards
L9: Drugs affecting the PNS
What is the autonomic ns involved in,
Subdivisions of the autonomic ns,
Function of sympathetic ns
22  cards
L10: Drugs affecting SYM NS 1
3 branches in the peripheral nerv...,
What does sympathetic ns prepare ...,
How does efferent nerves of the s...
35  cards
L11: Drugs affecting SNS 2
Describe the effects of the activ...,
How,
Define adrenoceptors
12  cards

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