Pharmaco

Question 1

Pharmacodynamics:

Answer 1

Study of what drugs DO to the body

Question 2

Target sites for drug actions include (4)

Answer 2

Receptors, Ion channels, Enzymes, Carrier proteins

Question 3

Pharmacokinetics (5)

Answer 3

Study of what the body does to the drugs includes, metabolism, distribution, absorption, excretion

Question 4

Pharmacodynamics- Agonist Effect

Answer 4

Drug binds to receptors and activates a biological response (opens ion channel)

Question 5

Inverse agonist effect

Answer 5

drug causes the opposite effect of agonist (binds to the same receptor) it activates a biological response by closing the ion channel

Question 6

Partial agonist effect:

Answer 6

Drug does not fully activate the receptors

Question 7

Antagonist effect:

Answer 7

the drug binds to the receptors but does not activate a biological response

Question 8

Drugs that cause MANIA (4)

Answer 8

Steroids, Disulfiram (antabuse), INH, Antidepressants in bipolar

Question 9

Medications that cause depression: (8)

Answer 9

steroids, accutane, beta control, interferon, retroviral drugs, antinepolastic drugs, benzodiazepines, progesterone