Pharmacodynamics Flashcards
Pharmacodynamics
-concentration and effect relationship
-actions of drug on body
-receptor interaction
-efficacy, toxicity (dose-response)
-mech of therapeutic and toxic effects
PK PD venn diagram
-PK: dosage regimen
-both: drug exposure
-PD: effects
Importance of PK/PD
-relate patterns of response to drug admin following dosing
-rationale for drug design/selection/dosage regimen
-aid in design of protocols to view in vivo effects
Exposure
-any dose or drug input to the body or various measures of acute or integrated drug concentrations in plasma or other biological fluid
Reponse
-measure of pharmacologic observation
-desired vs harmful
Effect
-change in response from one time to another
-gonna use interchangably with “response” tho
Relating exposure to effect
-exposure: time vs concentration
-effect: % effect vs time
-combined: % effect vs concentration
Drug-receptor interactions
-form drug-receptor complex
=initiate response
Drug action is mediated by
-free drug concentrations
Effect equation
do i need to know??
Graded response
-continuous scale
-measured in single biologic unit (person)
-relates dose to INTENSITY of effect
Quantal response
-all or nothing effect
-measured in more than one individual
-relates dose to FREQ of effect
Graded dose-response relationship
-inc curve over time until it hits max
Clinical stress testing
-dobutamine for pt that cannot get on treadmill for cardiac stress test
-synthetic cholamine to assess inc in heart rate
-inc dose inc HR
Concentration-effect relationship (parameters)
-Emax: peak effect
-EC50: concentration for half max effect
Emax
-max effect
-NOT concentration units
EC50
-CONCENTRATION units
-concentration for half max response