What is Pharmacology?
Study of organic chemistry within the body
Study of the effects of the body system on drugs
Study of the action of drugs on the body
Study of the environment in the body in which drugs act
A medicine is a drug contained in a suitable formula (e.g. capsules, injection etc.) True or false?
A medicine containing only very small amounts of drug cannot have a profound effect on the body. True or false?
From which tree does Aspirin come from?
Yew
Oak
Willow
Birch
What is Quinine used as?
An antimalarial
An antibiotic
A painkiller
An anti-inflammatory
From which natural product does Quinine come from?
Belladonna
Foxglove
Lupin
Chinchona
What is the drug Morphine used as?
An anti-viral
An analgesic
An antidepressant
Where does the drug Morphine come from?
Poppy
What is the drug Atropine used as?
A resuscitant
Where does the drug Atropine come from?
Yew tree
Oak tree
What is the drug Digitalis used to treat?
Heart failure
Nerve damage
Liver damage
Kidney failure
Where does the drug Digitalis come from?
Which of the following drugs is used as a local anaesthetic?
Quinine
Cocaine
Atropine
Nicotine
Where does the drug Cocaine come from?
Belladona
Coca
What is the drug Paclitaxel used as?
An anti-cancer drug
Where does the drug Paclitaxel come from?
Willow tree
What is the drug Premarin used to treat?
Cancer
Bacterial infection
Menopause
Where does the drug Premarin come from?
Oak tree sap
Pregnant mare's urine
Pig fat
Mouse DNA
What is the correct order of the following drugs based on their discovery (from earliest to most recent)
Aspirin, anticancers, beta-blockers, antivirals
Aspirin, antivirals, beta-blockers, anticancers
Aspirin, beta-blockers, antivirals, anticancers
Aspirin, beta-blockers, anticancers, antivirals
Drug targets include...
Enymes
DNA
Ion channels
Receptors
Established targets are physiological. True or false?
Novel targets are molecular or genomic. True or false?
Molecular recognition involves what?
Specific DNA sequences
Specific amino acids in the target molecule
Reversible bonds (i.e Van der Waals, ionic, hydrophobic interactions, hydrogen)
Amplification of cell signalling
Molecular response usually involves irreversible changes to the drug target. True or false?
Enzyme inhibition may be complete or partial. True or false?
Which of the following is true regarding molecular response in receptors?
Agonistic drugs causes molecular response
Agonistic drug causes inhibition, inactivating the receptor
Antagonistic drugs blocks molecular response via inhibition of receptor
Antagonistic drugs stimulate molecular response in receptors
Host cells may be modified to inhibit or enhance function. True or false?
