PHARMACODYNAMICS

Question 1

the study of the biochemical and physiologic effects of drugs on the body and the molecular mechanisms by which those effects are produced.

Answer 1

Pharmacodynamics

Question 2

is the study of what drugs do to the body and how they do it.

Answer 2

Pharmacodynamics

Question 3

largest effect that a drug can produce.

Answer 3

Maximal Efficacy

Question 4

amount of drug we must give to elicit an effect.

Answer 4

Relative Potency

Question 5

Functional macromolecule in a cell to which a drug binds to produce its effects.

Answer 5

Drug Receptors

Question 6

the term affinity refers to the strength of the attraction between a drug and its receptor.

Answer 6

Affinity.

Question 7

refers to the ability of a drug to activate a receptor upon binding.

Answer 7

Intrinsic Activity

Question 8

is an agonist that has only moderate intrinsic activity

Answer 8

Partial Agonists

Question 9

is a measure of a drug’s safety.

Answer 9

THE THERAPEUTIC INDEX