chronotherapy Flashcards

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effects of clock disruption can cause:

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  1. mental health problems: stress, anxiety, depression
  2. changes to menstrual cycle and hormone production
  3. brain effects: sleep loss, reduced brain volume
  4. gastrointestinal: abdominal pain, flatulence, heart burn
  5. increased cancer: breast and colorectal
  6. reproduction effects: low birth weight, prematurity
  7. Cardiovascular: MI, hypertension
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2
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What are the 4 stages of pharmokinetics

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Absorption,distribution, metabolism, excreted

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3
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Phase1 reactions are

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Catabolic

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4
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Phase 2 metabolism is

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Anabolic

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5
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how are Circadian rhythms involved during ADME

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Gut motility, bile synthesis and excretion, liver and drug metabolism.

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6
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Examples of Chronopharmacology drugs

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Acetaminophene and theophylline

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7
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When does asthma occur

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During the later part of the night

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8
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Paracetamol ‘s responsible for

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Half of all acute liver failures in the us

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9
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How is paracetamol toxic

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Some can be converted to cytochromes p450 in the liver

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10
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What is strongly regulated by the clock

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Cytochromes

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11
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Disruption to biological clocks can be treated with

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Chronodrugs

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12
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what is bioequivalence

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is the biochemical similarity of two (or more) drugs that share the same active ingredient(s) and desired outcome(s) for patients

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