Year 2: Pharmacology and Therapeutics

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Decks in this class (33)

Introduction to the ANS
What does the somatic nervous sys...,
What does the autonomic nervous s...,
What does the neuroendocrine syst...
35  cards
Drug-receptor interactions
Define drug,
What are drug target sites,
What are agonists and antagonists
36  cards
Mechanisms of drug action
What are the types of antagonism,
Define the types of antagonism,
What term can be used to link rec...
19  cards
Pharmacokinetics & Drug Metabolism
What is the journey of a drug thr...,
What are the positives and negati...,
Why is intraperitoneal administra...
32  cards
Drug Metabolism (notes)
What do drug tend to be,
In terms of a drug what does meta...,
Where are the sites for drug meta...
12  cards
Cholinomimetics
What are the main subtypes of mus...,
What type of receptor are muscari...,
What are the m1 and m3 subtype re...
38  cards
Cholinoceptor antagonists
Describe affinity and efficacy in...,
Where are nicotinic receptors found,
What are nicotinic receptor antag...
22  cards
SNS agonists
What receptors are found in the s...,
What are the signalling mechanism...,
Draw diagram indicating all the p...
18  cards
SNS antagonists
What is the function of a1 a2 b1 ...,
Describe the a2 receptor,
List some adrenoceptor antagonists
19  cards
Neuromuscular blocking drugs
What nervous system do neuromuscu...,
Describe the somatic nervous system,
Where is the cell body of a motor...
22  cards
Drugs and the heart
What are the mechanisms regulatin...,
What are the three types of membr...,
Describe the mechanisms regulatin...
30  cards
Drugs and the vasculature
What is hypertension defined as,
What are the steps to hypertensio...,
What stimulates the production of...
23  cards
Drug abuse 1
Why are they abused,
What are the route of administration,
Describe the speed of absorption ...
21  cards
Drug abuse 2
What are the different routes of ...,
What are the different forms of c...,
Describe the pharmacokinetics of ...
18  cards
Drug abuse 3: Alcohol
What is the formulae for absolute...,
How do you calculate the number o...,
What are the safe levels of alcohol
28  cards
Haemostasis & Thrombosis
Describe the initial stages of th...,
What drug is a factor iia inhibitor,
What drug is a factor xa inhibitor
18  cards
Atherosclerosis and lipid metabolism
Describe the exogenous pathway of...,
What is reverse cholesterol trans...,
Describe the stages of atheroscle...
4  cards
NSAIDS
Why are nsaids so widely used,
How do nsaids work,
Do more on how they work
26  cards
Opioids
What is an opiate,
Give examples of opiates,
Describe the structure activity o...
30  cards
Inflammatory bowel disease
What are the two major forms of ibd,
What are the environmental risk f...,
Describe autoimmune disease
28  cards
Diuretics
Recap renal physiolpogy,
How do diuretics work,
What are the five main classes of...
14  cards
Adverse drug reactions
Define an adverse drug event,
What are the classifications of adrs,
What are the different categories...
31  cards
Antidepressants
What are the classifications of p...,
List some psychological symptoms ...,
List some biological somatic symp...
21  cards
Antiemetics
What are anti emetics,
Describe the pathophysiology of cinv,
How would you treat cinv
10  cards
Alzheimer's disease
Describe the epidemiology of alzh...,
What are the clinical symptoms of...,
What is the beta amyloid hypothesis
10  cards
Anxiolytics, Sedatives and Hypnotics
Describe the gaba ergic synapase,
Describe the process of gaba meta...,
Describe the gaba a receptor comp...
19  cards
Anti-Parkinsonian drugs and neuroleptics
Describe the synthesis of dopamine,
Describe the metabolism of dopamine,
Where are the major locations of ...
17  cards
Principles of general anaesthesia
What are the clinically desirable...,
What are the different types of a...,
Describe the meyer overton theory...
11  cards
Principles of local anaesthesia
Define la,
Describe the generation of a neur...,
Describe the basic structure of las
8  cards
Treatment of gastric and duodenal ulcers
What is the underlying pathology ...,
How does helicobacter pylori caus...,
Describe the virulence of h pylori
8  cards
Antibiotics and Anti-fungals
Describe the membrane properties ...,
Describe the process of prokaryot...,
List the protein synthesis inhibi...
12  cards
Anti-viral drugs
Describe the structure of a virus,
Describe viral hepatitis b and c ...,
Summarise the hiv life cycle
9  cards
Anticonvulsants
Define epilepsy,
How do you diagnose epilepsy,
What are the types of seizure
10  cards

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