Basic Concepts of Pharm Flashcards
Pharmacokinetics or Pharmacodynamics?
Drug concentration in systemic circulation
Pharmacokinetics
Pharmacokinetics or Pharmacodynamics?
Dose of Administered drug
Pharmacokinetics
Pharmacokinetics or Pharmacodynamics?
Drug concentration at the site of action
Both
Pharmacokinetics or Pharmacodynamics?
Drug in tissues and body compartments
Pharmacokinetics
Pharmacokinetics or Pharmacodynamics?
Drug metabolized or excreted
Pharmacokinetics
Pharmacokinetics or Pharmacodynamics?
Pharmacological effect
Pharmacodynamics
Pharmacokinetics or Pharmacodynamics?
Clinical response
Pharmacodynamics
Pharmacokinetics or Pharmacodynamics?
Toxicity
Pharmacodynamics
Pharmacokinetics or Pharmacodynamics?
Effectiveness
Pharmacodynamics
Pharmacokinetics or Pharmacodynamics?
What the drug does to the body
Pharmacodynamics
Pharmacokinetics or Pharmacodynamics?
What the body does to the drug
Pharmacokinetics
Interaction of drug with _ causes changes in the cell to produce drug’s effects
receptor
What are the most common types of receptors?
- Membrane recptors
- Ligand gated ion channels
- Voltage gated ion channels
- Enzymes (esp. inhibitors)
What type of receptor?
Beta adrenergic receptor
Membrane receptor
What type of receptor?
GABA receptor
Ligand gated ion channel
What type of receptor?
Na+ channel
Voltage gated ion channel
What type of receptor?
Phosphodiesterase inhibitor
Enzyme
Relationship of Ropivicaine to Bupivicaine
R enantiomer - demonstrates stereochemistry
What is a racemic mixture?
2 enantiomers are present in equal proportion
What feature of drugs is demonstrated in the intended and side effects of thaliamide?
Stereochemistry. Intended as an antiemetic, but has teratogenic effects. side note: Acidic hydrogen at chiral center makes purified separation to avoid teratogenicity futile
What is a drug that produces its clinical effect by binding to a receptor and activating it (mimetic)?
agonist
What is a drug that produces its clinical effect by binding to a receptor WITHOUT activating it and simultaneously prevents an agonist from stimulating it (blocking)?
antagonist
What is a drug that combines directly with its receptor to trigger its physiologic response?
direct agonist
Direct agonist or indirect agonist?
PHENYLEPHRINE
Direct
binds to alpha receptors in the peripheral vascular system can directly activates them to cause vasoconstriction
Direct agonist or indirect agonist?
AMPHETAMINES and EPHEDRINE
Indirect
which evoke the RELEASE OF NOREPINEPHRINE from post synaptic nerve endings…..denervation or depletion of the neurotransmitter (after repeated doses, for example) will cause the administered drug to have less effect.
What is a drug that produces its physiologic response by increasing the concentration of ENDOGENOUS substrate (neurotransmitter or hormone) at receptor site?
indirect agonist
What is a drug that inhibits inactivation of neurotransmitter at terminal by preventing reuptake or inhibiting degradation metabolism?
indirect agonist
What is the following an example of?
Receptor inhibition which can be overcome by INCREASING the concentration of the agonist at the receptor site (reversible blockade)
Competitive antagonism
What is the following an example of?
Receptor inhibition which CANNOT be overcome by increasing the concentration of the agonist (irreversible blockade)
Non-competitive antagonism
What type of drug is Naloxone (Narcan)?
Competitive Antagonist of opioid receptor
What is the mechanism of Neostigmine’s use intraoperatively?
Used for reversal of non-depolarizing NMB agents.
Indirect cholinergic agonist, targets acetylcholinesterase and thereby increases acetylcholine, which can compete with non-depolarizing NMB agents (which are competitive antagonists of Acetylcholine receptors).
What type of receptors are muscarinic acetylcholine receptors?
Membrane receptors (G protein coupled receptors)