chapter 2 Flashcards
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why is verapamil a better choice for managing hypertension in a tachycardic and tachypneic patient with brochial asthma?
Verapamil may be a better option for individuals with certain comorbidities, such as asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), as it doesn’t have the same potential to worsen bronchoconstriction as propranolol, a beta-blocker.
“action of the drug on the body”
Pharmacodynamics
- specific molecules in a biologic system with which drugs interact to produce changes in the function of the system
- selective
- modifiable
Receptors
- Receptors largely determine the quantitative relations between dose or concentration of drug and pharmacologic effects.
- Receptors are responsible for selectivity of drug action.
- Receptors mediate the actions of pharmacologic agonists and antagonists.
The Receptor Concept
Natural ligands are presently unknown, may be useful targets in the future for drug development
Orphan Receptors
molecules that translate the drug into a change in cellular activity
receptor interaction
- E.g. enzymes - adenylyl cyclase
Effector
best characterized drug receptors, mediate the actions of endogenous chemicals such as neurotransmitters, autacoids, hormones e.g. GABA receptors (benzodiazepines)
Regulatory proteins
receptor for antineoplastic drug methotrexate
dihydrofolate reductase
receptor for statins
HMG-Coa reductase
drug receptor for Digitalis
Transport protein (Na/K atpase)
drug receptor for tubulin (colchicine)
-antiinflammatory
Structural proteins
useful drug targets for cocaine ang psychostimulants
Dopamine transporter
useful drug targets for norepinephrine and serotonin (antidepressants)
Na/K ATPase
overall transduction process that links drug occupancy of receptors and pharmacologic response
Coupling
Receptor that does not bind drug when the drug concentration is sufficient to produce maximal effect; present if ~ > EC50
Spare receptor
Specific region of the receptor molecule to which the drug binds
Receptor site
A molecule to which a drug may bind without changing any function
Inert binding molecule or site
eg. psychoactive drugs
-bind to diff site of a receptor causing diff response
-affect interaction of drug and receptor
Allosteric Modulators
As dose increase, the increment diminishes
EC50
A drug that activates its receptor upon binding
Agonist
An agonist that activates the same receptor as other drugs in its group but also causes additional downstream effects that are not seen with other agonists in the group
Biased agonist
A drug that binds to the receptor without activating it and thereby prevents activation by an agonist
Pharmacologic antagonist
A pharmacologic antagonist that can be overcome by increasing the concentration of agonist
Competitive antagonist
A pharmacologic antagonist that cannot be overcome by increasing agonist concentration
Irreversible antagonist