Pharmacodynamics Part I Flashcards
General Features of Receptors

Agonist Def.

Antagonist Definition

2 Critical Features of Receptors

For almost all drugs the dose response curve is….

Dose Response Curve for Almost All Drugs

How does a dose response curve look when it’s in a semilog plot

Plotting Equation for Linear or Semilog

Def. of Potency

Def. of Efficacy

Relationship between Potency and Efficacy

Alt Eqn for semilog or linear plot

Values of Range of Binding/Response


100 Fold


Dose Response Curve for 4 different Analgasic Drugs

Explain the Potency and Efficacy of these 4 Drugs


Explain this Graph




Cool Quote by Paracelsus

Explain the Concept of Quantal Response

Def and Eq. of Therapuetic Index

Margin of Safety

Doses that cause side effects…

Plot of Therapuetic Index vs. MoS

Aspirin: Therapuetic Effect, Side Effect, Lethality



Effect vs. Agonist

Binding Vs. Agonist



Spare Receptors

Advantages of Spare Receptors

Spare Receptors and Proof of Less Desensitizaiton

Spare Receptors and Greater Sensitivity

Spare Receptors, Increased Sensitivity, and Drug Concentration

Drug Binding and Dissociation Constant

Lower Kd and Range

Variability of on rates vs. off rates



Kd and Implications of choosing a drug



Efficacy and Potency for Partial and

Efficacy of Partial Agonist vs. Full Agonist

Proper dose of Partial agonist and baseline

Lowering the Full Agonist Response

Partial agonist intervention compared to full agonists or antagonists

Buprenorphine

Buprenorphine Response Curve

Agonists, antagonists, and efficacy

Can we account for full agonists, partial agonists, and antagonists with one simple model?

R to R model

R to R model of Action for agonists, partial agonists, antagonists, and reverse agonists

Inverse Agonist

Summary of Agonists, Partial Agonists, Antagonists, and Inverse Agonists
