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What is pharmacodynamics?
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What is pharmacokinetics?
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Pharmacodynamics allows us to...
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determine the appropriate dose range for patients and compare how safe or effective different drugs are.
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design and optimise treatment plans for individuals.
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determine the best route and frequency of administration of a new drug.
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What does ADME stand for?
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Administration
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Affect
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Absorption
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Distribution
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Dissolving
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Metabolism
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Modification
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Excretion
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Editing
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how a drug gets from the site of administration into the blood.
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how a drug moves from the blood to target cells.
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how the drug elicits its effect on the body.
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how a drug is eliminated from the body.
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how the drug moves in the body, for example leaving the blood stream and distributing non uniformly into intracellular fluids.
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how long the drug moves around in the blood for.
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how the drug is inactivated by the body.
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how the drug is eliminated from the body, for example in bile.
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how the body inactivates the drug.
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enzymatic modification.
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how the drug travels through the body.
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how the drug passes cell walls.
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how the drug is eliminated from the body, for example in urine, bile or faeces.
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how long the drug can stay in the body unchanged.
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how the drug gets from the site of administration to the GI tract.
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how the drug elicits a cellular response.
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From what sources can we create drugs?
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Completely synthetic materials.
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Plants.
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Synthetic materials but using the template of a naturally occurring compound.
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Biologics (derived from growth factors and recombinant proteins).
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Electricity.
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Nitrogen gas.
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Laptops.
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How many types of proteins act as drug targets?
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What are the four types of proteins that can act as drug targets?
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Receptors, Ion Channels, Enzymes and Carriers.
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Hormonal Receptors, Gated Ion Channels, Metabolic Enzymes, Carriers.
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Receptors, Ion Channels, Enzymes, Channels.
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Ion Channels, Reception, Enzyme Inhibitors, Carriers.
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Ion Channels, Receptors, Enzymes, Channels.
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Drug interaction with the target is determined by two factors. What are they?
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Shape
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Charge Distribution
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Colour
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Name
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Time
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This determines the ability of a drug to bind to it's target. It it the right __________ to bind to the target or not? Lock and Key mechanism.
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This determines the strength of associations between the drug and it's target, because it determines the bonds that the drug can make.
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Charge Distribution
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Shape
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Colour
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Mass
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Order these forces, weakest to strongest.
Ionic Bonds
Hydrogen Bonds
Van der Waals Forces
Covalent Bonds
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Van der Waals Forces, Hydrogen Bonds, Ionic Bonds, Covalent Bonds
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Covalent Bonds, Ionic Bonds, Hydrogen Bonds, Van der Waals Forces
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Van der Waals Forces, Ionic Bonds, Hydrogen Bonds, Covalent Bonds
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Covalent Bonds, Hydrogen Bonds, Ionic Bonds, Van der Waals Forces
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Why are antidotes, antacids and laxatives unusual drugs?
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They do not target proteins, they simply act by virtue of their physiochemical properties.
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They target more than one type of protein.
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They are never metabolised by the body, they stay unchanged in the liver forever.
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They are always available as over the counter medicines.
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They do not have to be licensed.
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What is the target of an antidote?
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Hormone
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Ion Channel
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Enzyme
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Poison
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Drugs that act on receptors...
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Drugs that act on ion channels...
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can block the channel.
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can modulate the opening and closing of the channel.
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can denature the channel.
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can stimulate the production of many more channels than normal.
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can break down the ion that normally uses the channel.
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Drugs that act on enzymes...
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either inhibit the enzyme or act as a false substrate.
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block the enzymes active site.
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denature the enzyme.
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cause the release of neurotransmitter.
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activate the enzyme.
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Agonists are ligands. Which of these can be examples of ligands?
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Drugs
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Hormones
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Neurotransmitters
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Enzymes
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Ion Channels
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An antagonist is...
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a drug which blocks the response to an agonist.
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a drug that combines with a receptor to elicit a cellular response.
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a drug that binds with an ion channel.
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Receptors within a given family generally occur in several molecular varieties (subtypes). They often have similar structures but very different pharmacological responses.
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All drug targets can be considered generally as...
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receptors.
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ion channels.
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enzymes.
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carriers.
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Receptor subtypes are identified on the basis of selectivity of agonists and/or antagonists. What technique is used to determine this?
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ligand binding assay
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plaque assay
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ELISA
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dose/response curve
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Channel linked (ionotrophic) receptors can be...
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ligand gated
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voltage gated
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temperature gated
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concentration gated
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time centred
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Ligand gated ion channels require...
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an agonist to open the channel.
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energy (in the form of ATP) to open the channel.
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an antagonist to open the channel.
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Voltage gated ion channels are not linked to receptors.
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Which of these are true of voltage gated ion channels?
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They are not linked to receptors.
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They require a change in electrical charge across a membrane in order to open and close.
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They can be blocked by antagonist drugs.
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There are binding sites for agonist drugs.
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They are linked to G-protein coupled receptors.
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They require an agonist to open the channel.
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How many transmembrane helices do G-Protein coupled receptors have?
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What is another name for G-Protein coupled receptors?
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Ionotrophic
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Metabotrophic
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Kinase
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How many subunits do G-Protein coupled receptors have?
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What are the subunits of a G-Protein coupled receptor?
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alpha
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beta
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gamma
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theta
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delta
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eta
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zeta
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omega
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Which subunit of a G-Protein receptor alters between different receptors, giving variation?
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Alpha
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Beta
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Gamma
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Eta
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Zeta
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What do Gs receptors do?
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What do Gi G-Protein receptors do?
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What do Gq receptors do?
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Another name for enzyme linked receptors is kinase linked receptors.
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How many transmembrane domains do kinase linked receptors have?
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Guanylyl cyclase-linked and cytokine are types of...
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There are four main types of kinase linked receptor, these are:
receptor tyrosine kinase
serine/threonine kinase
cytokine
guanylyl cyclase - linked
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The mode of action of kinase linked receptors is:
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ligand binding ➨ dimerisation ➨ autophosphorylation
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dimerisation ➨ ligand binding ➨ autophosphorylation
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ligand binding ➨ autophosphorylation ➨ dimerisation
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change in membrane potential ➨ autophosphorylation ➨ dimerisation
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change in membrane potential ➨ dimerisation ➨ autophosphorylation
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Nuclear receptors are insoluble receptors.
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There are two classes of nuclear receptors. Class 1 receptors...
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are located in the cytoplasm
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are located in the nucleus
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form homodimers (dimers with other receptors of the same type)
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form heterodimers
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have endocrine ligands (steroids/hormones)
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have lipid (fatty acid) ligands
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have a positive feedback effect
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Nuclear receptors are harder to target with drugs because...
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The binding of hormone response elements to nuclear receptors directly initiates changes in what process?
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Gene Transcription
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Gene Translation
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Protein Degredation
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Apoptosis
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Acidosis
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Drug binding to nuclear receptors has rapid and dramatic effects.
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Most receptors have multiple binding sites, what are the two kinds of sites that drugs can target?
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Orthosteric
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Allosteric
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Metabotrophic
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Ionotrophic
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Left side
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Primary
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Orthosteric binding sites...
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house full and partial agonists, and reversible competitive antagonists.
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bind positive and negative, non competitive antagonists.
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Allosteric binding sites...
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house full and partial agonists, and reversible competitive antagonists.
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bind positive and negative, non competitive antagonists.
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Dose/response curves are similar to concentration/effect curves.
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Dose/response curves are semi logarithmic. The correct set up of the graph is...
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X axis : [log] drug dose
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X axis : [log] agonist concentration
Y axis : measure of response
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X axis : % response
Y axis : [log] drug dose
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X axis : measure of response
Y axis : [log] agonist concentration
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Graded relationships use Concentration/Effect curves and are used to show...
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Quantal relationships use Dose/Response curves and are used to show...
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Why plot a concentration effect curve?
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you can estimate Emax
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you can estimate EC50 and ED50
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you can compare the efficacy and potency of different drugs
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you can calculate Emax
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you can calculate half life
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you can estimate clearance
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KD is a physiochemical constant and is the same for a drug/receptor combination in any species, anywhere in the universe.
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KD can be used to determine an unknown receptor.
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KD can be used to quantitatively compare the ___________ of different drugs on the same receptor.
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The ________ the KD the greater the potency.
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The lower the EC50 the ________ the potency.
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Efficacy describes...
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the ability of an agonist to activate a receptor (refers to the maximum effect an agonist can produce regardless of dose).
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the likelihood the an agonist will bind to a receptor (refers to the maximum binding of an agonist regardless of dose).
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Full agonists have...
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Partial agonists have...
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Pure agonists cause a cellular effect by binding to a receptor.
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There three classes of antagonist. What are they?
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chemical
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physiological
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pharmacological
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enterohepatic
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primary
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active site
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Pharmacological antagonists are also known as "receptor antagonists".
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Which class of antagonists are also known as "chelating agents"?
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chemical
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physiological
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pharmacological
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Competitive antagonists bind to the ____________ site of a receptor.
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Non competitive antagonists bind to the ___________ site of receptors.
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Reversible competitive antagonists...
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directly compete with agonists for binding at the active site.
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block the active site permanently because they form covalent bonds with it. The receptor must be replaced before more agonist can bind.
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reversibly bind to an allosteric site on the receptor, altering binding at the active site.
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irreversibly bind at an allosteric site, permanently altering the active site.
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Irreversible competitive antagonists...
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reversibly bind to an allosteric site on the receptor, altering binding at the active site.
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irreversibly bind at an allosteric site, permanently altering the active site.
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block the active site permanently because they form covalent bonds with it. The receptor must be replaced before more agonist can bind.
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directly compete with agonists for binding at the active site.
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Non competitive reversible antagonists...
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reversibly bind to an allosteric site on the receptor, altering binding at the active site.
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irreversibly bind at an allosteric site, permanently altering the active site.
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block the active site permanently because they form covalent bonds with it. The receptor must be replaced before more agonist can bind.
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directly compete with agonists for binding at the active site.
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Irreversible non competitive antagonists...
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reversibly bind to an allosteric site on the receptor, altering binding at the active site.
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block the active site permanently because they form covalent bonds with it. The receptor must be replaced before more agonist can bind.
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irreversibly bind at an allosteric site, permanently altering the active site.
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directly compete with agonists for binding at the active site.
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Antagonists have no efficacy.
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The effect of reversible competitive antagonists...
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can be overcome with increased agonist concentration.
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causes a shift to the right on the agonist response curve.
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causes reduced maximum response on the agonist response curve.
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reduces slope of the agonist response curve.
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is due to covalent binding with the active site.
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The effect of irreversible competitive antagonists...
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can be overcome with increased agonist concentration.
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causes a shift to the right on the agonist response curve.
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causes reduced maximum response on the agonist response curve.
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is due to covalent bonding at the active site.
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reduces slope on the agonist response curve.
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Non-competitive antagonist effects...
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cause reduced slope of the agonist response curve.
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cause a shift to the right of the agonist response curve.
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cause reduced maximum response on the agonist response curve.
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Water soluble molecules cross membranes easier so are more rapidly absorbed than their lipid soluble counterparts.
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Uncharged molecules are absorbed easier than charged molecules.
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The route of administration of a drug is determined by...
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The parenteral route of administration (injected) is used for...
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drugs that are poorly absorbed by or are unstable in the GI tract.
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drugs that require rapid onset of action.
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drugs that require slow onset of action.
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for drugs that require a high level of control over dose.
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Select the correct definitions:
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bolus: all at once
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infusion: over time
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depot: solid/oil
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bolus: over time
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bolus: solid/oil
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infusion: solid/oil
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infusion: all at once
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Sub routes of the parenteral route include...
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intravenous
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intramuscular
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subcutaneous
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submuscular
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thyroidal
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femural
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What is the most important site of absorption in the body?
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Stomach
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Small Intestine
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Large Intestine
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Which of the following are properties of the small intestine that help it to absorb drugs?
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large, highly permeable surface area
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varies in pH along it's length
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constant pH
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enterocytes contain drug metabolising enzymes
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enterocytes contain transporters in their membranes
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tought, flat surface area
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contains stomach acid
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it is very short in length
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The rectal route of administration is used when...
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Which of these is true of the vaginal route of drug administration?
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It bypasses first pass metabolism.
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It bypasses 2/3 of first pass metabolism.
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It has a rich blood supply.
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pH can vary.
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pH is always around 8.
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Which of these is true of the transdermal route of drug administration?
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Drugs given as an inhaled substance are generally intended to be distributed via the systemic circulation.
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How well a drug is absorbed when it is inhaled, depends strongly on particle size.
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First pass metabolism occurs in both the _________ and ___________ . It occurs when a drug is metabolised before entering the ________________ .
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liver
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intestine
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systemic circulation
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pulmonary circulation
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heart
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kidneys
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Factors affecting absorption include:
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Formulation of the drug
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Charge on the drug
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Blood flow to the site of absorption
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Surface area of the site of absorption
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Contact time at absorptive surface
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Gastric emptying
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Cost of drug
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Kidney function
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Which of the correct description of this pharmacokinetic parameter?
Cmax
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maximum concentration of a compound after administration
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time at which Cmax is reached
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area under the concentration/time curve
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measure of the extent of absorption
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absorption rate constant
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Which of the correct description of this pharmacokinetic parameter?
Tmax
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maximum concentration of a compound after administration
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time at which Cmax is reached
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area under the concentration time curve (considered a measure of systemic exposure)
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measure of the extent of absorption compared to IV
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absorption rate constant (a measure of the speed of absorption)
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Which of the correct description of this pharmacokinetic parameter?
AUC
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maximum concentration of a compound after administration
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time at which Cmax is reached
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area under the concentration/time curve (considered a measure of systemic exposure)
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measure of the extent of absorption compared to IV
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absorption rate constant (a measure of the speed of absorption)
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Which of the correct description of this pharmacokinetic parameter?
F (Bioavailability)
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maximum concentration of a compound after administration
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time at which Cmax is reached
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area under the concentration/time curve (considered a measure of systemic exposure)
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measure of extent of absorption compared to IV
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absorption rate constant (a measure of the speed of absorption)
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Which of the correct description of this pharmacokinetic parameter?
Ka
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maximum concentration of compound after administration
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time at which Cmax is reached
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area under the concentration/time curve (considered a measure of systemic exposure)
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measure of extent of absorption compared to IV
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absorption rate constant (a measure of the speed of absorption)
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What is the correct equation for calculating Bioavailability?
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A drugs ability to distribute around the body depends on...
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it's ability to cross cell membranes (based on physiochemical properties)
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the amount of blood flow to individual tissues (perfusion)
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the extent of its plasma protein binding
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the site of administration
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CYP polymorphisms
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Drugs with a high molecular weight and/or high degree of binding to plasma proteins will...
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is produced by the liver
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binds mostly acidic and some neutral drugs
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concentration is decreased in malnutrition and cirrhosis
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is normally present at around 3.5-5g/L
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binds basic and some neutral drugs
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is normally present at around 0.4-1.1mg/L
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Alpha 1 acid glycoprotein...
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is a plasma protein
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is produced by the kidneys
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is produced by the liver
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binds basic and some neutral drugs
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binds acidic drugs
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is present at around 0.4-1.1mg/L
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is present at around 3.5-5g/L
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is an acute phase protein which elevated in some diseases such as cancer
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Albumin is also known as HSA.
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Only unbound (free) fraction of drug in the plasma is free to partition into cells.
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What distribution parameter is being described below?
A measure of the extent of distribution.
A 'dilution factor', representing the relationship between the amount of compound in the body and the plasma concentration.
Expressed in units of volume or volume per weight e.g. L/Kg.
Many ways to calculate but basically it is equal to: total amount of drug in the body/drug blood plasma concentration.
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Volatile gases are eliminated...
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Water soluble compounds are...
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often eliminated unchanged in the urine.
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eliminated in the urine or bile after metabolism to make them more water soluble.
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always stored in the body.
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eliminated by exhalation.
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Lipid soluble compounds...
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typically undergo metabolism to form water soluble metabolites before elimination.
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are eliminated unchanged.
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are stored as starch.
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are eliminated by a process called first pass metabolism.
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The best measure of the ability of eliminating organs to remove a drug from the body is...
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Clearance can be defined as...
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the volume of plasma (or blood) cleared of the compound in a given time. (e.g. L/hr)
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how long it takes for half of the drug to be eliminated.
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the process by which the body metabolises a drug.
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The elimination rate constant...
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Cytochrome P450 enzymes...
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are a large superfamily of heme-cofactor containing enzymes.
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metabolise thousands of endogenous and exogenous compounds.
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are abbreviated to CYPs.
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are mostly highly concentrated in the heart and lungs.
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are found in the cytoplasm of cells.
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CYPs are only found in the endoplasmic reticulum of cells.
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The largest concentration of CYPs in the human body is in the liver, in hepatocytes.
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In phase 1 drug metabolism...
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Inhibition of CYPs causes:
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reduced metabolism of substrate drug
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increased metabolism of substrate drug
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increased drug exposure
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reduced drug exposure
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risk of toxicity
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risk of lacking therapeutic effect
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Induction of CYPs causes:
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increase in biosynthesis of the enzymes (due to increased gene transcription)
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increased metabolism of substrate
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decreased metabolism of substrate
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increased drug exposure
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decreased drug exposure
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toxicity risk
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risk of lack of therapeutic effects
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If phase 1 metabolites are too lipophilic they cannot be retained in kidney tubular fluid. They must be reacted with an endogenous substrate to make them more water soluble. What is the name of this reaction?
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Conjugation
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Acid/Base
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Esterification
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Elimination
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If phase 1 metabolites are too lipophilic they cannot be retained in kidney tubular fluid. They must be reacted with an endogenous substrate to make them more water soluble. Which of these are examples of those endogenous substrates?
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sulphuric acid
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amino acids
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glucuronic acid