Mod 1 Respiratory diseases + pharmacology Flashcards
What are 2 parasympathetic receptors
- Nicotinic receptors
- Muscarinic receptors
What is a significant trait of Ligand-gated ion channel?
Fast acting/stimulate quickly
Which parasympathetic receptor takes longer to take action/see change?
Muscarinic Receptors
-ases ending is usually associated with what?
Enzymes -> that breakdown certain things?
What role does Cholinestrate have in the body?
Breakdown enzymes, to be specific Acetylcholine
What are the terms used to describe nerve fibres that stimulate or inhibit the sympathetic nervous system?
- Sympathomimetic: Stimulate
- Sympatholytic: inhibit
What nerve fibres stimulate or inhibit the parasympathetic nervous system?
- Parasympathomimetic - Stimulate/mimic
- Parasympatholytic - inhibit/block
Which neurotransmitters/receptors stimulate or inhibit the sympathetic nervous system?
Recall: Adrenergic = anything associated with epinephrine and norepi
- Adrenergic - stimulate
- Antiadrenergic - inhibit
Which neurotransmitter/receptors stimulate or inhibit the parasympathetic nervous system?
- Cholinergic: stimulate
- Anticholinergic: inhibit
Afferent is a sensory nerve signal that carry’s signals…
From the periphery to the CNS
- (Toward the body)
Efferent motor signals carry signals to…
From the CNS site to action (away from the body)
- Efferent nerve fibers transmit commands from the CNS
What are the 2 exclusive neurotransmitters of the Peripheral Nervous System (PNS)
- Acetylcholine (ach)
- Norepinephrine
Acetylcholine (ach) is released by…
- Sympathetic and parasympathetic preganglionic neutrons
- Parasympathetic post ganglionic neutrons
- Somatic motor neutrons
- Sympathetic post ganglion if neurons that innervate sweat glands
Norepinephrine is released by…
All post ganglion neurons of the sympathetic nervous system except those innervating sweat glands
Neurophysiology of the PNS: Where does Acetylcholine stimulate nicotinic receptors?
On sympathetic and parasympathetic postganglionic neurons at the neuromuscular junction
Neurophysiology of the PNS: Where does Acetylcholine stimulate muscarinic receptors?
On sweat glands and on tissue innervated by parasympathetic postganglionic neutrons
Neurophysiology of the PNS: Where does Norepinephrine stimulate Alpha and Beta adrengeric receptors?
on tissues innervated by sympathetic postganglionic neutrons
Why do Muscarinic Receptors take longer to see changes?
G protein coupled receptors see larger change than ion channels
Which sites are affected/stimulated by Muscarinic receptors?
Parasympathetic terminal sites:
-Exocrine glands (i.e exocrine glands, salivary, bronchial mucus glands)
-cardiac muscle
-GI smooth muscle
Why is degradation of acetylcholine important?
Prevents unwanted activation of neighbouring neutrons or muscles
ensure proper timing of signalling at the postsynaptic cell.
What are Adrenergic receptors identified as?
Alpha and Beta Receptors sympathetic receptors; they’re G-coupled receptors
Where can Alpha 1 receptors be found?
Heart
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Smooth muscles:
-Bronchial smooth muscle
-Vascular smooth muscle
-Intestinal smooth muscle
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Liver
What are some of the functions of Alpha 1 receptors
Contraction of smooth muscle
- Increased inotrophy (contraction) and excitability of the heart without increasing hr
- Glycogenolysis and glucenogensis
What action does Alpha 2 receptors have?
Inhibitory
what are some common results of Alpha 2 activation?
Reduce insulin secretion
Decrease in norepinephrine release
Why do Alpha 2 receptors further inhibits norepinephrine release?
Alpha 2 receptors provide a negative feedback control mech
Where are beta 1 receptors located
Heart and kidneys
what response can you expect by the release of Beta 1 receptors?
Increased chronotropy and inotrophy
Increased AV node conduction velocity
Increased overall heart rate (SA node)
Increased Renin secretion via the kidneys
Where are Beta 2 receptors located?
Dilation of bronchial smooth muscle
What is an example of a Beta 2 receptor response?
Dilation of bronchial smooth muscle
Where are Beta 3 receptors located?
adipose tissue
what do Beta 3 receptors activate?
Lypolysis
Therapeutic effect
The intended effect of a drug
What does Efficacy reflect about drug use?
The ability of a drug to produce a desired effect
What does affinity reflect on about drug use?
The tendency of a drug to combine with a matching receptor
Acetylcholine is used primarily for which system?
The parasympathetic nervous system
(preganglionic)
Post ganglionic innervates which group?
Muscles or sweat glands associated with the sympathetic nervous system.
Usually to help regulate our body.
What does the therapeutic dose refer to?
The amount of agent that provides the desired clinical effect
What does bioavailability refer to?
The amount of agent that reaches systemic circulation to produce th effect required.
What factors affect bioavailability?
Absorption, route of admin, and metabolic
what is a loading dose?
an initial dose of agent that may be given at the beginning of a course of treatment
it is followed up by a maintaince dose.
Why do we admin ventolin for heart related issues?
It is primarily a Beta 2 agonist, but can still bind with Beta 1 sites at the heart.
Why are loading doses useful?
they’re useful for drugs that eliminate from the body slowly (long systematic half-life)
Maintaining dose
amount of agent required to keep a desired mean steady state concentration in the tissues
TLDR; Top up
What does half-life refer to?
Time necessary to reduce an initial dose by half
What factor effects half-life in relation to dosage?
Affected by plasma protein binding, metabolism, and elimination
Median lethal Dose (LD50)
does at which 50% of the test animals die
Median effective dose (ED50)
Dose at which 50% of the test animals show the desired effect
Therapeutic index (TI)
The ratio of (LD50)/(ED50) gives a relative as to the safety of the drug
How do you know how toxic a drug is with the TI ratio?
the greater the difference between ED50 and ED50 the safer the drug.
the close to TI is to 0 = more toxic
Agonist vs Antagonist response
Agonist: Excite
-full and partial agonists
Antagonist: inhibit or stop.
Define Synergism
Occurs when 2 drugs together produce an effect greater than the 2 drugs along could produce
Define potentate
1 drug has no affect but can increase the effect of the other drug.
What does tolerance infer about drug use?
Progressive decrease in effectiveness over time, requiring increase the drug amount to produce the same effect due to increased metabolism of the drug by the body
Tachyphylaxis
Repeated admin of the same dose of a drug results in reduced effect of drug over time
What does hypersensitivity mean in relation to drug use?
An allergic or immune-mediated reaction to a drug
What is a Teratogens effect?
Drugs that are known to cause birth defects
Carcinogens
drugs/substances that produce cancer (or increase) risk of developing cancer
Phases of drug action (slide 9) from “the nervous system”
Define pharmacokinetic action?
How drugs get to where it needs to be
- i.e absorption or metabolism
(the effect of drug on body)
What is pharmacodynamic action?
how a drug produces (or doesn’t) a effect.
What are 4 routes of drug admin?
Enteral (tablets, capsules, liquids)
Parenteral (injection)
Inhalation
Transdermal/topical (topical)
What is the purpose of lidocaine?
A topical sedative/anesthetic
Installation route: Lean or Navel?
Direct admin of an agent via the ETT to obtain a systemic/local effect.
Lean is used when IV/IO access is not an option.
-lidocaine, EPI, Atropine, Narcan
NAVEL: Narcan, atropine, ventolin, EPI, lidocaine.
What is IO access?
Typically drilling down to bone when a line can’t be inserted
What are 2 ways neurotransmitters can effect agents?
Edit
direct acting: binds directly to a neurotransmitter to produce a excitatory/inhibit response
indirect acting: does not interact with a receptor but with the neurotransmitter instead
Agonist vs Antagonist
Agonist: produce a excitatory response (via binding) to a a full or partial effect
Antagonist: inhibit the ability of their targets to be activated (or inactivated)
What does Cholinergic pharmacology reflect about the properties of acetylcholine?
Edit
Generally involve the neuromuscular junction (interface between nervous system muscular system), the autonomic nervous system, particularly the parasympathetic system, and the CNS.