PHARMACODYNAMICS TERMS Flashcards
study of the time course of drug absorption, distribution, metabolism and elimination
pharmacokinetics
application of PK principles to the safe and effective therapeutic management of drugs in a patient
clinical pharmacokinetics
the events that occur in the body that lead to a drugs effect
mechanism of action
synthesized outside of the body
xenobiotics
synthesized within the body
hormones
produces harmful effects
poisons
poisons of biologic origin
toxins
molecules that binds to another molecule
i.e. drug, hormone, NT
ligands
components of a cell or organism that interact with a drug and initiates the chain of events leading to the drugs observed effects
receptor
agonist or antagonist act as activators
agonists
agonist or antagonist act as inhibitors
antagonists
affects multiple receptors on different cells/tissues
nonselective drugs
exerts more specific binding
selective drugs
components of a cell or organism that interacts with a drug and initials chain of events leading tot he drugs observed effects
receptor
aspirin and sarin have what type of drug-receptor bond
covalent bonds
this drug receptor bond consists of ionic, hydrogen, van Der Waals
nicotine as an example
electrostatic bonds
lipids have what type of drug receptor bond
hydrophobic bonds
bind to the same receptor sites as the endogenous agonist
primary agonists
blind to different regions of the receptor
allosteric agonists
ligand binds only to the active form of the receptor to produce full max effect
full agonist
ligand binds to both active and inactive forms of the receptor but with more affinity for the active form leading to partial effect
partial agonist
blocks the agonist from binding to the receptor
antagonist