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Decks in this class (15)

Lecture 1 - introduction
What is pharmacology,
Where is morphine derived from,
What drug was first
51  cards
Lecture 2 - Drug-receptor interactions 1 (affinity)
What is a receptors occupation go...,
What is a receptors activation go...,
What is affinity
60  cards
Lecture 3 - Drug-receptor Theory II - Affinity --> Agonist
What is efficacy,
What is ec50 compared to kd,
Describe where ec50 would be on a...
18  cards
Lecture 4 - Drug-receptor theory III - antagonists
What type of drugs are the majori...,
What is an antagonist,
What 5 different classes can anta...
23  cards
Lecture 5 - Pharmacokinetics
What does pharmacokinetics provide,
What does drug effects depend on,
What does the physicochemical pro...
24  cards
Lecture 6 - How are drugs metabolised in the body?
Describe the 2 biochemical reacti...,
Describe the livers role in drug ...,
Describe induction for metabolism...
20  cards
Lecture 7 - Anti-inflammatory and immunosuppressant drugs
What are the 3 groups of anti inf...,
Describe the formation of aspirin,
What are inflammatory mediators a...
46  cards
Lecture 8 - Anti-inflammatory and immunosuppressant drugs
What do anti inflammatory drugs do,
What are examples of overactivity...,
What is rheumatoid arthritis
33  cards
Lecture 9 - receptor and drug action
What are the functions of receptors,
What does selective expression of...,
How do drugs work through receptors
44  cards
Lecture 10 - Drug action in the CNS - Anxiolytics
What does it mean that they all t...,
What does anxiety lead to,
What constitutes the fear response
33  cards
Lecture 11 - Drug action in the central nervous system - epilepsy (antiepileptics/anticonvulsants)
What causes convulsions,
What is epilepsy,
What are causes of epilepsy
37  cards
Lecture 12 - Drug action in the CNS - antipsychotics
What do amine transmitters in the...,
What are 3 functional aspects of ...,
Describe features of noradrenaline
35  cards
Lecture 13 - Drug development of a small molecule drug
What occurred with elixir sulfani...,
What occurred with sulfathiazole ...,
What occurred with thalidomide
52  cards
Lecture 14 - Drug development of novel biopharmaceutical drug
What amount of new medicine appro...,
What are example of antibody base...,
What are examples of vaccine biol...
30  cards
Lecture 15 - Drug Action in the central nervous system - antidepressants
What is depression,
What other conditions are associa...,
What is reactive depression assoc...
49  cards

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