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Explain Pharmacokinetics The study of how drugs are moved through the body and are encompassed in
mechanisms of:
Absorption
Distribution
Metabolism
Excretion


Think Kinetic (movement)


Pharmacodynamics study of the biochemical and physiologic effects of drugs on the body


Think Dynamic (change)


majority of drugs either
(a) mimic or inhibit normal physiological/biochemical processes or inhibit
pathological processes in animals or
(b) inhibit vital processes of endo- or ectoparasites and microbial organisms




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Summarize the main drug actions 1 - stimulating action through direct receptor agonism and downstream effects
2 - depressing action through direct receptor agonism and downstream effects
(ex.: inverse agonist)
3- blocking/antagonizing action (as with silent antagonists), the drug binds the
receptor but does not activate it
4- stabilizing action, the drug seems to act neither as a stimulant or as a
depressant
5- exchanging/replacing substances or accumulating them to form a reserve (ex.:
glycogen storage)


Desired activity is achieved through what main -Cellular membrane disruption
mechanisms? -Chemical reaction with downstream effects
-Interaction with enzyme proteins
-Interaction with structural proteins
-Interaction with carrier proteins
-Interaction with ion channels
-Ligand binding to receptors: 1)Hormone receptors 2) Neuromodulator
receptors 3)Neurotransmitter receptors


Explain the therapeutic window therapeutic window is the amount of a medication between the amount that
gives an effect (effective dose) and the amount that gives more adverse effects
than desired effects


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Duration of action duration of action of a drug is the length of time that particular drug is effective


Explain bioavailability drug's bioavailability can be defined as the proportion of the drug that reaches
its site of action


6 rights to medication administration RIGHT CLIENT
RIGHT MEDICATION
RIGHT DOSAGE
RIGHT ROUTE
RIGHT TIME
RIGHT DOCUMENTATION


Potency potency is a measure of drug activity expressed in terms of the amount required
to produce an effect of given intensity
(more morphine is needed to give the same effects as fentanyl)


Efficacy Efficacy is the relationship between receptor occupancy and the ability to initiate
a response at the molecular, cellular, tissue or system level. In other words,
efficacy refers to how well an action is took after the drug is bound to a receptor




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