Chapter 1 Flashcards
how do we define drugs traditionally
substance that alters physiology of the body
is vit c a drug?
if consumed in bit form not if in orange
what is a psychoactive drug
Substances that impact the nervous system to alter a person’s mood, per-ceptions, or level of consciousness (as caffeine does) are often referred to as psychoactive drugs.
Substances that impact the nervous system to alter a person’s mood, per-ceptions, or level of consciousness (as caffeine does) are often referred to as …
psychoactive drugs
when gas is inhaled in the workplace what do we refer to it as
enviro toxin
Pharmaceutical drugs have at least three names what are they
chemical, trade name and generic name
7-chloro-1,3-dihydro-1-methyl-5-phenyl-2H-1, 4-benzodiazepin-2-one what can a chemist tell by this name
how the molecule is made up (joints of the drug molecule)
are chemical drug names always the same
the same drug will have different chemical names if different conventions are used.
how was the generic name made up initially
combining parts of the chemical name
what is the trade name
different formulations of the same drug (the drug in different states)
what is the street name for MDMA
ecstacy
All of modern science uses the … system and drug doses are nearly always stated in …
metric, milligrams
A milligram is … of a gram
1/1,000
what effects a drugs effects on the body? the amount fo the drug?
no the concentration = mg per kg
why are drug studies not always accurate
because Dif metabolisms = Dif concentrations of drug in the body = higher dose in animals
what is a dose–effect curve (DEC) or a dose–response curve (DRC)?
a graph that administers Dif dosages of drug (from so low you can hardly tell to so high nothing more is happening)
T: The range should include a dose so low that there is no detectable effect, a dose so high that increases in dose have no further effect, and a number of doses in between
dose–effect curve (DEC)
a small change in … doses will have a large effect
low not high
???scale on the horizontal axis is graduated loga-rithmically allows a wide range of doses to be reported and permits greater precision at the low end of the dosage range.
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what’s on the vertical axis?
a continuous measure or a binary measure
Binary drug effects are handled by …
working with
groups of subjects.
4 types of names? do you know the difference?
trade name, street name, generic name and chemical name
what are 2 common ways of describing dosage response curves?
LD and ED50
what is ED50?
the median effective dose (effecting in 50% of populous)
what is LD?
median lethal dose
what is the LD1
dose that kills 1% of populous
what is ED99
effective in 99% of subjects
what is the ED 50 in a DRC with a continuous measure?
??refers to the dose that produces an effect that is 50% of the drug’s maximally effective dose.
what is ideal LD and ED levels
ones that the ED is very far from the LD
how do we describe the safety of a drug
The therapeutic index (TI; also known as the therapeutic ratio) is sometimes used to describe the safety of a drug.
how do we measure TI
ratio of ED to LD
do you want high or low TI
high
Drug safety may also be described as a ratio of the ….
ED99 and the LD1.
how do we describe the extent of a drugs effects
potency or efficacy (effectiveness)
When you are comparing two drugs that have the same effect, …. refers to differences in the ED50 of the drugs.
potencY
what is potency
the difference between the ED50 of the drugs
which drug is more potent ? higher or lower Ed50
lower
what does it mean to say a drug is 10x as potent
the nature and extent of the effect of LSA would be the same as that of LSD if you increased the dose of LSA by a factor of 10
… refers to a drug’s ability to produce a maximum, biologically functional response at its molecu-lar target,
Effectiveness
what is effectiveness of a drug
ability to produce max biological function at molecule target regardless of dose
why can’t you compare the potency of aspirin and morphine?
because at ED50 morphine is much more effective, they may both produce effects at the same ED50 and be equally potent but the extent of the effects are incomparable
what is antagonism in drug talk?
when one drug hinders the effects of another when mixed
how do you find out if 2 drugs are antagonistic ?
plotting two DRCs: one for the drug alone, and a second for the drug in the presence of the other drug
If the DRC for the first drug is ….) by adding the new drug, this result indicates antagonism between the drugs.
shifted to the right (i.e., the ED50 increases) ???
If adding the new drug shifts the DRC to the left (i.e.,
the ED50 decreases), the drugs are said to have an …
additive effect
what does an additive effect look like for DRC
shift to left
If, together, drugs have an effect that is greater than might be expected simply by combining their individual effects, a …, or …., exists.
superadditive effect, potentiation
if one drug has no effect alone but increases the effect of a second drug, what is happening
potentiation is clearly occurring.
drug interaction is defined in terms
of changes in …—shifts in the DRC indicated by changes in the ED50.
potency`
drug interaction can be defined in therms of ….. the ED50 may not change, but the maximum effect may increase or decrease`
effectiveness
what is a primary and a side effect
the effect for which a drug is taken the primary or main effect and any other effect, harmful or otherwise, is a side effect.
is there a clear distinction between main and side effects
the distinction between main and side effects is a matter of intention
the potential for a drug to be abused is a side effect
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The study of how a drug moves around the body is called …
pharmacokinetics
what are the 3 processes of pharmokinetics
absorption, distribution and elimination
do drugs effect the whole body
no only sites of action
what happens if a drug does not reach its site of action
nothing happens
why Dif routes of administration
not only whether it gets to its site of action, but also how fast it gets there and how much of it gets there.
T: not only whether it gets to its site of action, but also how fast it gets there and how much of it gets there.
bioavailability
Getting drugs into the body can be accomplished by taking advantage of the body’s natu-ral mechanisms for taking substances inside itself (such as …), or the drug can be artificially placed under the skin by means of …
digestion, breathing, or absorption through mucous mem-branes
injection.
what is a parenteral route
administration involve injection through the skin into various parts of the body, using a hollow needle and syringe.
what does a drug have to be before it can be parenteral
liquid
what is this liquid called that powder is added to
vehicle
what liquid is most common vehicle
saline to match body to avoid irritating tissues
what is its not water soluble?
Dif vehicle
and the drug and vehicle are then injected to form a small ….
bubble, or bolus
4 common parental routes?
(a) subcutaneous, (b) intramuscular, (c) intra-peritoneal, and (d) intravenous.
the drug is injected to form a bolus just under the skin or cutaneous tissue.:T
subcutaneous
where is the subcutanous area in humans
usually done under the skin of the arm or thigh, but the hand or wrist is sometimes used to self-administer recreational drugs
usually done under the skin of the arm or thigh, but the hand or wrist is sometimes used to self-administer recreational drugs :T
skin popping
In the intramuscular (i.m.) route, the needle is inserted into …
a muscle, and a bolus is left there. (absorbed through muscle capillaries
where is intramuscular usually inserted
arm or bum
why no intramuscular in rats
muscle must be large
T:the needle is inserted directly into the peritoneal cavity
intraperitoneal route
what is the peritoneal cavity
contains visceral organs
what are 3 visceral organs
sleep, liver, intestines (through stomach only for animals)
what is the intravenous route
into bloodstream through vein
what is street name for intravenous route
mainlining