17. Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics

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0. Safe Prescribing and Prescription Errors
What is considered in reasons mod...,
What are the primary components o...,
What are latent conditions
9  cards
1 and 2. Pharmacokinetics
What is pharmacokinetics,
What are the four main mechanisms...,
What can affect peak plasma conce...
48  cards
3. Pharmacodynamics, Drug Interactions, and Toxicology
What is an agonist,
What is an antagonist,
What is a partial agonist
41  cards
6a. Sex Hormones and HRT
What are the three main sex hormones,
Where do progesterone and oestrog...,
What are the actions of progester...
23  cards
6b. Corticosteroids
What are corticosteroids derived ...,
How do corticosteroids act,
What are the effects on metabolis...
14  cards
4. Pharmacology of Oral Hypoglycaemic Agents
What causes blood glucose to rise,
What is the treatment plan for ty...,
What is the treatment plan for ty...
33  cards
5. Pharmacology of Insulin
What is the role of insulin,
What are the different types of i...,
How is genetic engineering used t...
15  cards
7. Cholesterol
What are the pro atherogenic effe...,
What are the classes of lipid low...,
What is the action of statins
26  cards
8. Antiviral Agents
What is a virus,
What is the range of size for vir...,
What do viral genomes consist of
53  cards
9. Antimicrobial Agents
What is the unique property of an...,
What are the three main targets o...,
Which groups of antibiotics targe...
30  cards
10. Immunosuppression
What are the diagnostic signs of ...,
What are the goals of rheumatoid ...,
What is the treatment strategy fo...
47  cards
11. Pharmacology of Airway Control
What are the components of asthma...,
In what ways is asthma a heteroge...,
What are the five steps involved ...
41  cards
12. Cancer Chemotherapy
At what point of a tumours growth...,
What are the implications on chem...,
Name a tumour thats highly sensit...
26  cards
13. NSAIDs
What are the three primary therap...,
Name some autacoids,
What are eicosanoids
42  cards
14. Anti-Platelets and Anticoagulants
What is the difference between wh...,
What are the three components of ...,
What can cause hypercoagulability
52  cards
15. Anaesthetics
What are the two broad categories...,
Outline the process of anaesthesi...,
What are some iv gas volatile gen...
28  cards
16. Cardiac Arrhythmia Drugs
What causes arrhythmias,
What is the result of cardiac arr...,
Describe the fast cardiac action ...
73  cards
17. Narcotic Analgesics
What are the two aspects of pain,
Broadly where do opioids act,
What is the gate theory of pain
28  cards
18. Diuretics and Drugs in Kidney Failure
What are the four roles of renal ...,
What are the regulatory factors o...,
What are the excretory factors of...
43  cards
19. Hypertension and Heart Failure
What are the mechanisms of contro...,
What are the responses to increas...,
What are the response to falling bp
54  cards
20. Anti Epileptic Drugs
What is epilepsy,
What causes epilepsy,
What are the two main types of se...
46  cards
21. Drugs used in Neurological Disorders
What are the clinical features of...,
What are the non motor manifestat...,
What is the prognosis in parkinso...
43  cards
22. Drugs used in Psychiatric Disease
What are the general action of cn...,
What is the formulation of psychi...,
What are the core symptoms of dep...
58  cards
23. Drugs Affecting Acid Secretion
What are the defensive factors of...,
What are the aggressive factors o...,
What are the targets for drugs to...
24  cards
24. Drugs Affecting Gut Motility
How is gastric motility controlled,
What is meant by myogenic control...,
What is meant by neural control o...
72  cards

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