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1
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What is a partial agonist?

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Agonist cannot enact 100% response. When in solution with an agonist can act as a competitive antagonist

2
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What is drug Specificity and drug selectivity?

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Specificity - Targets only one subtype of a receptor e.g. beta2

Selectivity - Targets all types of a particular receptor e.g. beta receptors

3
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What is affinity?

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Tendency of a drug to bind to a specific receptor type

4
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What is efficacy?

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Ability of a drug to produce a response as a result of receptor being occupied

5
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What is potency?

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Dose required to produce the desired biologic response

6
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How do you calculate the therapeutic index of a drug?

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EC50 (adverse effect) / EC50 (desired effect)

7
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How do you calculate the Vd?

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Vd = Dose/[Drug]t0

8
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What effect does grapefruit juice have on enzymes?

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Inhibits several CYP450 isoenzymes

9
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What effect does cranberry juice have on enzymes?

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inhibits CYP2C9 isoform enzyme

10
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How can liver failure impact on drug clearance?

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Increased half life, less enzymes

11
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How can cardiac disease impact drug clearance?

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Reduced organ perfusion of liver and kidneys

12
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How does renal failure impact drug clearance?

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Less quickly eliminated through waste

13
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How would you calculate the loading dose necessary for a drug?

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Loading dose = Vd x [drug]target

14
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What is the relationship between half life of drug and volume of distribution?

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Higher volume of distribution = higher half life

15
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How does the multi compartment model affect drug clearance?

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Drug can be excreted from different compartments (muscle, fat, plasma) at different rates

16
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What are the main routes of administration via the enteral route?

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oral, rectal, sublingual

17
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What are the primary parenteral routes?

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intravenous, intra-arterial, intramuscular, intrathecal, subcutaneous

18
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What are the pros and cons of enteral?

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pros - cheaper, easier to use, can self administer

cons - drug can be metabolised, slower onset, irritates GI, unsuitable if vomiting (oral)

19
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What are the pros and cons of parenteral?

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Pros - quick onset, no degradation, dosing can be exact

Cons - must be sterile, requires HCPs, more expensive, unconvenient

20
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What are the pros and cons of transdermal delivery?

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Pros - steady rate of drug delivery, avoid breakdown by liver

Cons - Suitable only for lipid soluble drugs, relatively expensive

21
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Some drugs work at a concentration in the plasma that approaches total saturation of the serum albumin. Why would increasing the dosage of such a drug have a disproportionate effect on the body?

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Only the unbound molecules are active. Increasing drug conc when total saturation has reached would result in far more unbound molecules than in previous increases of drug conc

22
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How does the blood flow through adipose tissue affect uptake of drugs into adipose?

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Body fat has a low blood supply and therefore when drugs are administered acutely only very lipid soluble drugs will partition siginificantly into fat.

However, when a drug is administered chronically then levels of that drug can build up over time in the fat stores

23
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What pH drug does albumin mainly bind?

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Acidic drugs

24
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What 2 factors concerning the drug itself determine the rate of drug absorption from the intestine?

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Lipid solubility and ionisation

25
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Define bioequivalence

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2 drugs that are expected to act in a very similar way

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