LESSON 2 PHARMACODYNAMICS Flashcards
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drugs, a chemical substance of known structure other than a nutrient produces a biological effect
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True or false
In pharmacodynamics, it deals with drugs’ effects on the body
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In PHARMACODYNAMICS, it study the chemical and pathological effects of drugs and
their mechanisms of actions
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(biochemical and physiological)
Drugs create effects de novo
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Drugs do not create effects de novo
In effects de novo, drugs only alter or modify the underlying biochemical and
physiological processes
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In PHARMACODYNAMICS Drug will not work unless it is bound to sites known as “drug
targets”
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most drug targets are protein molecules
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most drug targets are protein molecules except propanol, in treating osteoporosis, will
bind to calcium salts in the bone matrix
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most drug targets are protein molecules
bisphosphonates, in treating osteoporosis, will
bind to calcium salts in the bone matrix
There are (4) main types of target proteins:
o Receptors
o Enzymes
o Carrier Molecules (Transporter) o Ion Channels
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Enzymes are the biologic partners of drug action
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Receptors are biologic partners of drug action
Receptors are cellular macromolecules with which the drug interacts to elicit a
cellular response leading to the drug’s observed effects
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RECEPTORS are sensing elements in the system of chemical communications that
coordinates the functions of all the different cells in the body, it is also a components of cell or organisms that interact with the drug that initiates a chain of events that leads to the drug’s observed
effects
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ENZYMES are micromolecules having biological functions and possessing reactive sites for selected substrates
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ENZYMES are macromolecules having biological functions and possessing reactive sites for selected substrates
a drug acts as competitive inhibitor of an enzyme
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TRANSPORT PROTEINS act as catalysts; speed up the metabolic functions of the cell
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ENZYMES act as catalysts; speed up the metabolic functions of the cell
TRANSPORT PROTEINS
transport ions across the cell membrane
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ION CHANNELS
form water-filled pores that span the membrane
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CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES OF RECEPTORS are:
- SPECIFICITY
- SELECTIVITY
- RECEPTORS LARGELY DETERMINE THE QUANTITATIVE RELATIONS BETWEEN DOSE/CONCENTRATION OF DRUG & PHARMACOLOGICAL EFFECTS
- RECEPTORS MEDIATE THE ACTIONS OF PHARMACOLOGIC AGONISTS & ANTAGONISTS
- RECEPTORS HAVE THE ABILITY TO AMPLIFY SIGNAL DURATION & INTENSITY
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No drug acts with complete specificity.
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In selectivity molecular size, shape, & electrical charge will determine whether it will bind to a particular receptor
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there is a “fit” for a drug to its receptor that influences its selectivity
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ENZYMES LARGELY DETERMINE THE QUANTITATIVE RELATIONS BETWEEN DOSE/CONCENTRATION OF DRUG & PHARMACOLOGICAL EFFECTS
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RECEPTORS LARGELY DETERMINE THE QUANTITATIVE RELATIONS BETWEEN DOSE/CONCENTRATION OF DRUG & PHARMACOLOGICAL EFFECTS
the drug effect will be affected also by the pharmacokinetics
of the drug
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Potency is the measure of the amount of drug to produce an effect of a given magnitude
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Infinite refers to the ability of the drug to bind with the receptors.
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Affinity refers to the ability of the drug to bind with the receptors.
Potency is the concentration or dose of a drug required to produce 60% of the drug’s maximal effect
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Potency will depend in part on affinity of receptors and efficiency with which drug-receptor interaction is coupled to receptors
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In potency the less drug required to produce an effect, the more potent the drug is
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Maximal Efficacy (Intrinsic Activity) is the ability of drug, once bound, to initiate changes that lead to effects
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Maximal Efficacy (Intrinsic Activity) will depends on number of drug-receptor complexes formed
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The clinical effectiveness of a drug depends not on its potency but on its maximal efficacy
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RECEPTORS MEDIATE THE ACTIONS OF PHARMACOLOGIC AGONISTS & ANTAGONISTS
True
Agonists is a biologic response that mimics the response of endogenous ligand
True
Antagonists bind to receptors without causing activation but they block the effect of agonist on receptors
True
Antagonists’ efficacy is zero, no intrinsic activity
True
Competitive Antagonism can be reversible or irreversible
True
Competitive Antagonism, most direct mechanism by which one drug
can increase the effect of another
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Competitive Antagonism, most direct mechanism by which one drug
can decreased the effect of another
antagonist binds to a site in the receptor other than where the agonist bonds without blocking agonist binding and that’s Non-Competitive Antagonism
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Non-Competitive Antagonism can be reversible or irreversible
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Non-Competitive Antagonism are usually irreversible
Non-Competitive Antagonism: no matter how you increase the agonist concentration, it will not dissociate the antagonists
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Chemical Antagonism is a drug or ligand combines with another drug and renders it inactive
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