Lecture 1: Pharmacodynamics

Question 1

Pharmacology

Answer 1

-science of interactions of chemical compounds with biological systems
-mechanisms of drug action

Question 2

Pharmacodynamics

Answer 2

-study of biochemical and physiological effects of drugs and their mechanisms of action
-correlation of action and effects with their chemical structure

Question 3

Pharmacokinetics

Answer 3

-study of ADME of xenobiotics

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Nature of drugs

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-defined by actions (agonists/antagonists)
-act on receptors (except for chemical antagonists and osmotic agents)
-endogenous drugs or xenobiotics
-includes poisons and toxins
-solid liquid or gas
-ions to larger proteins/antibodies/vaccines
-covalent, electrostatic, hydrophobic interactions
-drug shape and rational drug design for receptor specificity

Question 6

Endogenous drugs

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-hormones
-neurotransmitters

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Drug receptor

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-cornerstone of pharmacology
-explains how organism interacts with drug and initiates chain of biochemical events which results in observed effects

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Agonist

Answer 8

the drug whose interaction with the receptor stimulates biological response

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Pharmacodynamic Principles

Answer 9

1. D+R
2. DR complex
3. effect

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Drug binding

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-1st step of PD principles
-orthosteric interactions
-allosteric interactions

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orthosteric interactions of drug binding

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-agonist
-antagonist
-partial agonist
-inverse agonist

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allosteric interactions of drug binding

Answer 12

-positive (PAM)
-negative (NAM)

-activator or inhibitor

Question 13

SLIDE 15

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16 and 17

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Inhibitors of metabolism/reuptake of endogenous ligands

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-have drug like responses
-MAOIs and SSRIs
-MECH slide 17

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Duration of drug action

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influenced by receptor and drug

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Purpose of drug therapy

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-produce characteristic effects of the drug
-drug must achieve good concentrations at site of action
-achieve maximal positive effect of drug while minimizing side effects

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No drugs

Answer 17

have only one effect

Question 18

Influences on drug therapy

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-prescribed dose
-administered dose
-concentration at site of action
-drug effects

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Drug Specificity

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-affinity for receptor
-distribution of receptor
-multiple receptors
-enantiomers
-acute vs chronic effects

Question 20

ranitidiine vs digoxin and methotrexate

Answer 20

distribution of receptor

Question 21

amiodarone and clozapine

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multiple target receptors

Question 22

Drugs modify

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-cellular function
-normal physio/biochemical function of organ, tissue, cell

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Laxative drugs

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-increase activity of GI tract
-stimulation

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general anesthetics

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-decrease activity of cells in CNS
-depression

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No drug has a single effect

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-usually want one effect “therapeutic effect”
-unwanted side effects esp at higher doses “toxic/side effects”

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Sites of drug action

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-Where drug acts to initiate chain of events leading to effect
-intra/extracellular and on the cell surface

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Extracellular sites of drug action

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-neutralization of excessive gastric acid by antacids
-cholestyramine resin reducing cholesterol absorption

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Intracellular sites of drug action

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-treat infection
-cancer chemotherapy
-hormones like estrogen

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Cell surface sites of drug action

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-many drugs act by combining with receptors on the cell
-acetylcholine, muscarinic, nicotinic receptors
-Growth factors (EGF/FGF) and GF receptors
-monoclonal antibodies (mABs)

Question 30

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Answer 30

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