Pharmacodynamics

Question 1

pharmacodynamics

Answer 1

study of biochemical, physiologic and molecular effects of drugs on the body
what the drug does to the body

Question 2

selective drug excretion

Answer 2

is the degree to which a drug acts on a given site relative to other sites

Question 3

pharmacodynamic influences

Answer 3

disorder or disease
genetic mutations
malnutrition

Question 4

receptor theory

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how drugs actually exert their effect once they reach the action site

Question 5

direct drug action

Answer 5

drug combines with a receptor on a target organ and produces a response

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indirect drug action

Answer 6

the dresired response results from an activity that occours secondary after the drugs primary action

Question 7

agonist

Answer 7

molecules occupy a receptor and activate them

Question 8

antagonist

Answer 8

molecules occupy a receptor but do not activate them

Question 9

partial agonist

Answer 9

drugs which bind to and activate a given receptor but only have partial efficency