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Quantitative Analysis of Drug-Receptor Interactions (C.I. Valencia, MD) Flashcards

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T/F: Pharmacokinetics deals with “dose”, while pharmacodynamics deals with “concentration”.

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True

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What is the cardinal rule in Pharmacology?

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You cannot create a new drug effect. You can only alter cellular function. Drugs are simply modulators.

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What does drug molecule-receptor binding lead to?

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Enhancement, inhibition or blockade of molecular signals

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T/F: Clinical effects are only those we can observe with our five senses.

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True

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5
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How do you know how much of a drug you need to achieve a certain effect?

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Look at the dose-response relationship.

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6
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Enumerate the three most important properties of a drug

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Efficacy
Safety/Lack of Toxicity
Quality

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T/F: More is always better in terms of bioavailability

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False

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8
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Differentiate generics and innovators

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Generics usually have a dirty synthetic pathway but are cheaper than innovators.

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9
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How many % of drug actions are not mediated through receptors?

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10%

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10
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T/F: Mannitol and acetylcystein are example of receptor-mediated drugs.

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False

They are not.

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What drugs do not bind to receptors?

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Antacids
Osmotic diuretics
Acid-base reactions

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T/F: A dose does not necessarily translate to an effective drug concentration.

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True

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13
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How does the ligand interact with its receptor?

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Lock-and-key fashion

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14
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What is the property that pertains to the orientation of the receptor in three-dimensional space?

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Stereospecificity

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15
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What are the four types of protein receptors?

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  1. Receptors for endogenous regulatory ligands
  2. Enzymes of metabolic pathways
  3. Enzymes in transport processes
  4. Structural proteins
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16
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What determines differences in drug effects in different tissues?

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  1. Drug properties
  2. Receptor properties
  3. Tissue properties
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17
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Define: enantiomers

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These are non superimposable mirror images of the same substance.

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18
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Describe: Erasomate

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  1. Sold as an anti-parasitic

2. Made up of levamisol (-) and teramisol (+)

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19
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Describe: Stirizine

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Antihistamine

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20
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Describe the up regulatory effect of propanolol

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It is a beta adrenergic antagonist that lowers blood pressure. Next dosage has a greater effect.

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Describe the down regulatory effect of sulfonylurea

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Overstimulation of agonists in the pancreas leads to decreased efficacy of the drug.

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22
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What is the effect of opium analgesics on the brain?

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Stimulates mu, delta and kappa receptors leading to analgesia

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23
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Give an example of a covalent interaction between drug and receptor.

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Acetyl group of ASA and cyclooxygenase

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24
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What are the chemical forces involved in drug-receptor interaction?

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Covalent bonds
Electrostatic
Hydrophobic bonds

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25
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What is the inactive form of ampicillin?

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Pivampicillin

26
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What are the types of dose response curves?

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Graded Response Curve

Quantal Response Curve

27
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What is the shape of the non-logarithmic graded response curve?

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Hyperbolic

28
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T/F: The central portion of the sigmoid graded response curve is nearly linear.

29
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What do you call the highest intensity of effect a drug can achieve?

30
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Why is there variability in the dose response curve?

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It depends on the person, age, weight, clearance effect, dose, etc.

31
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Describe steep and gradual dose response curves.

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Steep: cobra ready to bite
Gradual: resting Buddha

32
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Give the formula for therapeutic index

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Therapeutic Index = LD50/ED50

33
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In the presence of a competitive antagonist, the response curve is shifted to the?

34
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Describe: Maximal effect

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Point at which a drug’s effect plateaus even with continued increase in dose

35
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Differentiate efficacy and potency

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Efficacy - effect of drug irrespective of dose

Potency - effect of drug with respect to dose

36
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Potency is determined by what variable?

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EC50 or ED50

37
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If a drug expires, what happens to its potency?

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It will degrade.

38
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T/F: Dose is dependent on the smallest concentration available.

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False

It is dependent on what is feasible to be taken in by humans.

39
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T/F: Potency is not an important factor.

40
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T/F: You should always choose a drug that is more potent than efficient.

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False

It should be more efficient. We don’t care about potency.

41
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Describe: Quantal Response Curve

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All or none event

Concentration vs. number responding

42
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What do you call patients who respond to a small dose of a drug?

43
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What do you call patients who only respond to high concentrations of a drug?

44
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T/F: Not all persons will manifest with a positive quantal response at the same drug concentration due to variation.

45
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How many % of respondents will respond to a median dose of the drug?

46
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What are quantal dose curves used for?

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Generating the margin of safety for a particular drug

47
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Enumerate the different examples of non-receptor drug action

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  1. Acid-base neutralisation
  2. Colligative effects in the bronchi (acetylcysteine-initiated breakage of disulphide bonds)
  3. Counterfeit incorporation mechanism (purine and pyrimidine analogs in cancer treatment)
  4. Osmolality effects in the brain (mannitol and brain)
48
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T/F: Therapeutic index = margin of safety

49
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What is the desirable margin of safety?

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100 - 1000

50
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What harmful effects can phenobarbital cause?

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Apnea and coma

51
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Is diazepam a safe sedative?

52
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T/F: TIs of 5 and below indicate drugs with relatively greater potential for toxicity.

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False

Statement is true for TIs of 4 and below.

53
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Describe the mechanism of action of azoles

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They possess a heterocyclic ring with sulfur and nitrogen inside, which is used against amoeba and fungi.

54
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Describe: citrizine

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  1. Drug used to treat colorectal cancer

2. Possesses a combination of L-citirizine and D-citirizine

55
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What is the phenomenon that occurs when the diagnostic, preventive and therapeutic action of a drug is modified or altered by another drug when administered concomitantly?

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Drug interaction

56
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What are the quantitative aspects of pharmacodynamic drug interactions?

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  1. Synergism/potentiation
  2. Addition
  3. Inhibition
57
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What causes pharmacokinetic drug interactions?

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Alterations to ADME

58
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What are the clinical classifications of drug interactions?

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  1. Beneficial

2. Adverse

59
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What are the requirements of rational therapy?

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  1. Diagnostic certainty
  2. Pathophysiological understanding
  3. Pharmacological understanding
  4. Optimal drug & dose administration
  5. Picking efficacy/toxicity end points and monitoring
  6. Open communication and willingness to alter regimen
60
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Enumerate the factors that affect therapeutic outcomes

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  1. Age
  2. Drug-drug interactions
  3. Fixed-dose combination
  4. Placebo effects
  5. Tolerance
  6. Genetic factors
61
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Enumerate the factors that contribute to lack of efficacy

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  1. Misdiagnosis
  2. Poor compliance
  3. Poor choice of dosage
  4. Development of separate illness
  5. Use of other drugs
  6. Undetected genetic/environmental variables
  7. Unknown therapy by another physician

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