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1) Safe Prescribing
What are the reasons behind poor ...,
What are some problems with the j...,
What are key components of reason...
8  cards
2) Pharmacokinetics
Define pharmacokinetics,
Define pharmacodynamics,
Define pharmacogenetics
29  cards
3) Pharmacokinetics Applied
What are the signs and symptoms o...,
Describe the metabolism of parace...,
Why is paracetamol overdose dange...
8  cards
5) Oral Hypoglycaemic Drugs
What lifestyle changes are recomm...,
What is the mechanism of action o...,
What are the side effects of bigu...
18  cards
6) Insulin
What is the role of insulin,
How is insulin modified to become...,
How is insulin modified to become...
16  cards
7) Sex Steroid Hormones
What is the function of gnrh,
What is the function of fsh,
What is the function of lh
38  cards
8) Cholesterol
Describe the process of atheroma ...,
What are some risk factors for at...,
What should normal cholesterol be
26  cards
9) Antivirals
Give some differences between ant...,
Describe the steps in viral repli...,
What are immunomodulators
35  cards
10) Antimicrobrial Agents
What are the major sites of actio...,
What are the primary therapeutic ...,
What considerations need to be ma...
12  cards
12) Pharmacology of Asthma
What are the features of asthma,
What is the early immediate phase...,
What is the late phase of asthma
34  cards
13) Cancer Chemotherapy
What is the log kill ratio,
Why is chemotherapy dose fraction...,
Which tumours have high sensitivi...
32  cards
14) NSAIDs
What are the primary therapeutics...,
Give some examples of autocoids,
What are the features of eicosanoids
37  cards
15) Anticoagulant Therapy
What are the constituents of virc...,
What factors conditions can affec...,
What factors conditions can cause...
39  cards
16) Anaesthetics
Describe general anaesthetic,
Describe regional anaesthetic,
Describe local anaesthetic
23  cards
11) Immunosuppression and Rheumatology
Describe rheumatoid arthritis,
What is the pathogenesis of rheum...,
How is rheumatoid arthritis diagn...
36  cards
17) Cardiac Arrhythmias
Describe some abnormal impulse ge...,
Describe some abnormal conduction...,
What is circus movement in terms ...
38  cards
18) Opioid Analgesics
What is the pain pathway,
Where are endogenous opioids found,
What are the 3 major groups of en...
17  cards
19) Diuretics and Drugs in Kidney Disease
What are the functions of the kid...,
List drugs that acts at the renal...,
When are osmotic diuretics used
20  cards
20) Hypertension and Heart Failure
What diseases can hypertension be...,
Describe the grades of hypertension,
What lifestyle advice can be offe...
28  cards
21) Anti-Epileptic Drugs
What is epilepsy,
How can a diagnosis of epilepsy b...,
How are seizures classified
28  cards
22) Drugs in Neurological Disorders
What are the features of parkinso...,
What signs and symptoms are those...,
What are some other causes of par...
20  cards
23+24) Drugs in Psychiatric Disease
What can predispose to psychiatri...,
What are the core symptoms of dep...,
Give examples of ssris
38  cards
25) Drugs Affecting Acid Secretion
What are the defensive factors af...,
What are the aggressive factors a...,
What substances stimulate acid se...
17  cards
26) Drugs Affecting Gut Motility
Describe the myogenic control of ...,
Describe the enteric neural contr...,
Where is auerbachs plexus located
37  cards

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