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What is the main intracellular buffer?

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proteins

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What is the main extracellular buffer?

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bicarb

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Main protein of RBC?

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hemoglobin

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Which Amino Acid is responsible for kinks, turns, twists and bends? hair, GI, blood vessels, etc.

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proline

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What crosses membranes easier, acid or base?

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base, because it is neutral (no charge)

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Are most drugs weak acid or weak base?

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weak acid

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What does dissociate mean?

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to lose a hydrogen or a proton; charged or polar, water soluble

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What does bioavailable mean?

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neutral, fat-soluble

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Is a dissociated acid charged or neutral?

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charged

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Is a dissociated base charged or neutral?

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neutral

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What is the best buffer in human body? why?

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Histidine because its pKa is closest to 7.4

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Why should you take tetracyclines and quinolones on an empty stomach?

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They are acids and if in a more acidic environment, will be absorbed more and will be more effective. If taken with food, more basic and will not absorb.

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Why shouldn’t aspirin be taken with orange juice only?

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Asprin is acidic and will absorb more in an acidic environment; too much absorption will be toxic and may lead to cinchonism.

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If a person ingests a weak acid by accident what should we give them?

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give a base i.e. milk

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If a person ingests a weak base by accident what should we give them as first aid?

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give a weak acid–juice

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If a person accidently ingests a strong acid or strong base?

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cannot give acid/base; instead dilute the concentration gradient by drinking water

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The half life of a water soluble drug?

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low; that’s why we administer it more than once a day

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The half life of a fat soluble drug?

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high; that is why we can administer it at longer intervals

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What do you give for aspirin overdose?

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Sodium bicarb

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What do you give for barbituate overdose?

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fluids and bicarb (fluids for dilutional and bicarb to make pee out)

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When can a person have rhabdomyolysis?

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Crush injury, statin use, staph scalded syndrome

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How to treat rhabdomyolysis?

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bicarb first then fluids

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6 main actions of TCA

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1.Antidepressant (blocks reuptake of catecholamines)
2.Anticholinergic (hot and dry)
3. blocks Alpha 1–causing vasodilation, BP drops but sometimes can rise
4.blocks Na channels in ventricle
5. blocks AV conduction (slow HR)
6. antihistaminic

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Which drug increase the duration of chloride channel opening and enhancing GABA effects?

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barbituates

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Which drug increases the frequency of chloride channel opening and enhancing GABA effects?
benzodiazepine
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amphetamine overdose sign
vertical/rotary nystagmus
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amphetamine OD first aid
give an acid (juice, cola)
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What is the smallest AA?
glycine
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What is glycine's role in the body?
inhibitory neurotransmitter for the spinal cord
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What toxin found in dirt can block the release of glycine from the spinal cord?
tetanus
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3 Aromatic amino acids (big rings)
PHE, TRP, TYR
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Which enzyme cuts to the right of PHE, TRP, and TYR
chymotripsin
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Which two AA are basic (have extra NH3+)?
Lysine, Arginine
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What enzyme cuts to right of Lysine and Arginine?
tripsin (trippin in LA)
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Which two AA are acidic (have extra COO-?
Aspartate, Glutamate (have negative charge)
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What is the main AA used for reinforcement of behavior via the NMDA pathway?
Aspartate
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Which drugs block glutamate inhibition of the NMDA pathway, therefore increasing the pathway's action?
Memantine (and Galantine) used in Alzheimer therapy
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AA containing sulfur
Cysteine, Methionine
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4 hormones with disulfide bonds
PIGI prolactin insulin growth hormone inhibin
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Which two AA end in "ine" and have extra amine group?
Asparagine, Glutamine
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Which 3 AA dissolve in water because of extra OH group?
serine, threOnine, tyrOsine
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3 branched chain AA
LIV leucine isoleucine valine
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Which AA used to make catecholamines and melanin?
Tyrosine
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What protein blocks every hormone except GABA?
octreotide
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the 3 catecholamines
Dopamine, NE, Epi
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Which AA is used to make serotonin?
tryptophan
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Where do you see tryptophan deficiency?
carcinoid syndrome
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Which AA are ketogenic (made from and broken back down into acetyl-CoA which is used to make ketones)?
lysine, leucine
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Which 4 AA are both glucogenic and ketogenic?
PHE, ISO, THR, Tryptophan
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essential AA
PVT TIM HALL proline valine threonine tryptophan isoleucine methionine histidine alanine lysine leucine
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How long does glucose last?
2-4 hours (get hungry every 2-4 hours)
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How long does liver glycogen last?
24 to 48 hours
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When does proteolysis start in a starvation state?
2 days
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Hormones in proteolysis?
cortisol and epinephrine
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If a baby is born with a deficiency in breaking down proteins for energy, when will we see the manifestation?
2 days, that's why we screen newborns after 2 days
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5 labs of energy utilization in starvation state
down glucose, down glycogen, down muscle mass, up triglycerides (fat broken down), up Ketones
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5 labs of energy utilization in diabetic state
up glucose, down glycogen, down muscle mass, up triglycerides, up ketones
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Which cells use glucose only?
RBC
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When does tyrosine become an essential AA?
When phenylalanine is deficient (PKU)
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When does cysteine become an essential AA?
When methionine is deficient
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What is the name of the condition if phenylalanine hydroxylase is deficient?
PKU
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What are the complications of PKU?
If you don't have phenylalanine, cannot make tyrosine, no tyrosine no dopa, epi, NE and children are intellectually deficient and cannot handle stress because no epi; unable to make melanin fair skin; phenylalanine attaches to acetly-coa and makes phenylpyruvate and phenylacetate: both toxic to brain;
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treatment for PKU
low phenylalanine diet; avoid aspartate; tyrosine supplements
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7 screening tests for newborns
1. PKU (Guthrie test) 2. Hypothyroidism (check TSH) 3. CAH-check 17 hydroxyprogesterone 4.Biotinidase deficiency: tx:10mcg of biotin 5. Galactosemia 6.Tissue transglutaminase : TTG+ then measure IgA if IgA def. scope and find blunt of villi 7.Immunoreactive trypsin (CF) or pilocarpine sweat test Cl- more than 60
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Which disease is there antibody against melanocytes?
Vitiligo
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Which disease is there tyrosinase deficiency?
albinism
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Which enzyme is missing in Alkaptonuria?
homogentisic acid oxidase deficiency
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Cystinuria is the defective renal transport of which 4 amino acids?
COLA Cysteine Ornithine Lysine Arginine
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What kind of crystals in the urine develop in cystinuria?
hexagonal, coffin lid shaped crystals

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