Pharmacology and Therapeutics

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Decks in this class (33)

Tutorials
What is a drug,
What are excipients,
What is the process of making a m...
15  cards
1. Introduction to the ANS
Which ans limb dominates the lung...,
Which ans limb dominates the eyes...,
Why ans limb slows the heart down...
25  cards
2. Mechanisms of Drug Action
What are the 4 types of drug anta...,
What is a receptor blockade,
What is use dependency and how do...
21  cards
3. Drug-Receptor Interactions
What is the difference between ph...,
What are the 4 main drug target s...,
Summarise receptors as a drug tar...
21  cards
4. Pharmacokinetics
What are the 4 6 parts of the jou...,
What is the difference between sy...,
What is the difference between en...
28  cards
5. Drug Metabolism
Why do we need drug metabolism,
What is first pass metabolism,
Why is extensive metabolism unfav...
29  cards
6. Cholinomimetics
What are cholinomimetics,
What is muscarine,
How can muscarinic effects be abo...
45  cards
7. Cholinoceptor Antagonists
What is the difference between af...,
Where can nicotinic ach receptors...,
What are nicotinic receptor antag...
23  cards
8. SNS agonists/antagonists
Where are sympathetic adrenocepto...,
What do sns agonists mimic the ac...,
What is the the predominant effec...
51  cards
9. Neuromuscular blocking drugs
Where is choline acetyltransferas...,
How does an action potential lead...,
What are the targets for the ach ...
27  cards
10. Drugs and the heart
Name the channels that open durin...,
How does the sympathetic pathway ...,
How does the parasympathetic path...
29  cards
11. Drugs and the vasculature
Where is ace found,
How does sympathetic discharge ef...,
Which vessels are the major resis...
34  cards
12. Drugs of abuse 1
Why do people abuse drugs,
Describe 4 different routes of ad...,
Which route of administration lea...
26  cards
13. Drugs of abuse 2
Where is cocaine derived from,
How is cocaine and crack cocaine ...,
Describe the solubility of cocaine
37  cards
14. Alcohol
What is the worst country in the ...,
What is abv,
How do you calculate absolute amount
44  cards
15. Haemostasis and thrombosis
What are the 3 stages of coagulation,
What happens in the initiation st...,
How do the following work as anti...
23  cards
16. Atherosclerosis and lipo metabolism
What does the exogenous pathway o...,
What does the endogenous pathway ...,
Which part of the blood vessel wa...
35  cards
17. NSAIDs
What properties make nsaids so wi...,
How do nsaids work generally,
Are prostanoids stored pre form
39  cards
18. Opioids
What is an opiate,
What are the 4 most common natura...,
What part of opiates structure ma...
55  cards
19. Inflammatory bowel disease
What are the 2 main forms of ibd,
How does the incidence of uc and ...,
In what age group does ibd most p...
41  cards
20. Diuretics
Is the pct permeable to water,
Which side of the cell are the na...,
From which side of the cell does ...
67  cards
21. Adverse drug reactions
What percentage of adverse drug r...,
How are ards classified 3 ways,
How is the onset of ards categorised
33  cards
22. Anti-depressants
What 2 types can psychoses be spl...,
What is the most common affective...,
What are the emotional symptoms o...
39  cards
23. Anti-emetics
Why can chemotherapy cause cinv c...,
Is the chemoreceptor trigger zone...,
What is the most effective strate...
15  cards
24. Alzheimer's disease
What is the main risk factor for ad,
Outline the genetic component to ad,
What are the clinical symptoms of ad
14  cards
25. Anxiolytic, Sedative and Hypnotic Drugs
What is the most important inhibi...,
What envelopes the gabaergic synapse,
What is gaba synthesised from
35  cards
26. Anti-Parkinsonian drugs and neuroleptics
How is dopamine produced,
What is the rate limiting enzyme ...,
What transporters removed dopamin...
34  cards
27. Principles of general anaesthesia
At what level of concentration ca...,
Does general anaesthesia cause pa...,
What is the lipid theory for anae...
26  cards
28. Principles of local anaesthesia
What ph are local anaesthetics,
What do las generally do,
What 3 structures do all las have...
26  cards
29. Treatment of gastric and duodenal ulcers
How can we test for h pylori,
What percentage of duodenal and g...,
Is h pylori commensal
25  cards
30. Antibiotics and anti-fungals
Briefly compare gram positive gra...,
Describe the production of tetrah...,
What enzyme releases tension from...
34  cards
31. Anti-viral drugs
What is a virus that has formed a...,
Is hepatitis b and c an rna or dn...,
When is hepatitis b and c treated
26  cards
32. Anticonvulsants
What are seizures,
How is incidence of epilepsy chan...,
How can epilepsy be diagnosed
31  cards

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