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Unit 7: CNS Drugs.Dementia
Demential is caused by the decrea...,
What is the goal in dementia trea...,
What are the drug classes used to...
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Unit 7: CNS Drugs.Parkinson's Disease
Cause of parkinsons disease,
Symptoms of parkinsons,
How much dopamine is usually lost...
41
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Unit 7: CNS Drugs.Seizures
Define epilepsy,
Define seizure,
Define convulsion
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Unit 9: Analgesia
Name some of the bodys responses ...,
Arachadonic acid is a precursor t...,
Name the cyclooxygenase enzymes
37
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Unit 7: CNS Drugs.Anesthetics
Define anesthetic,
Indications for anesthetic use,
Adverse effect of nitrous oxide a...
28
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Unit 9: Circulation and Coagulation
Name 5 thromboembolic diseases,
What is the difference between an...,
What are protein c
55
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Unit 9: Immunotherapy Agents
What is ivig used to treat,
When ivig is used with ig deficie...,
What is rhogam used for
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Unit 10: HPA Endocrine Meds
On what does tsh act,
On what do lh and fsh act,
On what does acth act
43
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Unit 10: Diabetes
Name the classes of diabetes meds,
Name the insulin sensitizers,
Name the insulin secretogues
33
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Unit 10: Thyroid
What is the function of the thyro...,
What is the difference between to...,
What is the name for t3
77
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Unit 10: Corticosteroids
What stimulates the adrenals to r...,
What releases acth,
What stimulates the kidneys to re...
51
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Unit 1: Basics
Pharmacology,
Medical pharmacology,
Pharmacogenomics
31
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Unit 1: Drug Receptors
Types of receptors,
E max,
Ec 50
21
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Unit 1: New Drug Development
First testing tests for,
3 dose levels in toxicity testing,
Gold standard in evaluating drugs
15
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Unit 1: Pharmacogenomics
Precision medicine,
Pharmacogenomics,
What is cpic
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Unit 1: Drug Biotransformation
Molecules with a ______ charge ar...,
Which organ excretes most drugs,
Other drugs that are often reabso...
26
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Unit 1: Pharmacokinetics
Pharmacokinetics,
Goal of pharmacotherapy,
Pharmacokinetics vs pharmacodynamics
24
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Unit 2: Cancer Types and Treatments
Tretinoin used historically to tr...,
Main form of cancer in childhood,
What do the most common form of r...
29
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Unit 2: Chemotherapy
3 types of chemotherapy,
Primary chemotherapy,
Neoadjuvant chemotherapy
36
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Unit 2: Immunopharmacology
If a patient is chronically immun...,
Immunopharmacology,
Immune suppressing drugs are prim...
38
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Unit 3: Overview
Name 3 ways antibiotics fight aga...,
Name some antibiotic groupings th...,
What enhances the action of some ...
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Unit 3: K43a.Intro To ABX
What kind of cells comprise humans,
What kind of cells comprise bacteria,
Where can one find the genetic ma...
44
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Unit 3: K43b.Beta-Lactams
Beta lactams,
Beta lactams what makes something...,
Penicillins 3 groups
39
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Unit 3: K44.Tetracyclines & Others
Tetracyclines are ______ inhibitors,
Tetracyclines are _________ spect...,
______ antibiotics are moderate s...
28
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Unit 3: K45.Aminoglycosides
List aminoglycosides,
Gentamicin treats,
Define synergistic killing effect
13
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Unit 3: K46.Sulfa Quinolones
Sulfonamides moa,
Bactrim _____ ______,
Issue with sulfa medicines
20
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Unit 3: K47.Antimycobacterial Drugs
Mycobacteria have a very thick ou...,
If you see a cavitation lesion in...,
Tuberculosis can also affect
19
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Unit 3: K48.Antifungals
Downside of antifungals,
Why do antifungals have so many s...,
Antifungals that alter cell membr...
38
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Unit 3: K49.Antivirals
Most used antiherpes drug,
Acyclovir has a ____half life,
How is valacyclovir related to ac...
43
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Unit 3: K50.Misc Antimicrobials
What kind of drug is metronidazole,
What is metronidazole good for,
Adverse effects of metronidazole
18
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Unit 3: K52.Antiprotozoal
Antimalarial treatments kill bloo...,
All antimalarials kill what stage...,
Tissue schizonticides kill what f...
31
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Unit 3: K53.Antihelminths
What are helminths,
What is the goal for helminth tre...,
What does albendazole treat
10
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Unit 4: Physiology Review
2 branches of peripheral nervous ...,
The autonomic nervous system is i...,
With the autonomic nervous system...
25
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Unit 4: Drugs & Classes
Drug class bethenechol,
Drug class nicotine,
Drug class edrophonium
43
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Unit 4: Adrenergic Agonists
Stimulation of the adrenal glands...,
The drugs that cause effects simi...,
The adrenoreceptors are
55
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Unit 4: Cholinergic Agonists
2 targets of drug action,
Acetylcholinesterase does what,
Where are nicotinic and muscaruni...
33
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Unit 4: Cholinergic Antagonists
All cholinergic antagonists compe...,
Side effects of cholinergic antag...,
Side effects of cholinergic antag...
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Unit 4: Cholinergics and Adrenergics: Key Points
Cholinergic refers to receptors t...,
Adrenergic refers to receptors th...,
Acetylcholine travels through ___...
17
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Unit 5: Cardiovascular Drugs
The parasympathetic portion of th...,
The sympathetic portion of the au...,
When alpha 1 receptors are stimul...
98
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Unit 6: Drugs Affecting Smooth Muscle
Name the autocoid drug groupings,
Are the autocoids systemic or local,
What is the primary use for ergot...
10
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Unit 7: OVERVIEW (Parkinson's, Dementia, Anesthetics)
Cause of parkinsons disease,
Drug classes used to treat parkin...,
5 dopamine agonists used to treat...
34
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Unit 8: OVERVIEW (Depression, Anxiety, Psychosis, Bipolar, etc.)
Drug classes used to treat depres...,
Advantages to ssris,
Moa of ssris
51
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