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What is the lethal dose of paracetamol?

When would you use a yellow card?

Who have more clearance of a drug?

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10-15g - 2-3 times therapeutic dose.

Normal dose but unintended response.

Smokers.

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What is a therapeutic window?

What are p45s.

Agonists what a ligand and antagonists what ligand.

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Minimum therapeutic and maximum safe.

Enzymes in the lives metabolising drugs so they can be eliminated by the kidney.

Agonists mimic ligand and antagonist blocks ligand.

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how many half lives are needed to reach a steady state in the body?

how many to get out of the system?

What is a patient group direction?

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5

5

list of who can prescribe for a condition.

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What is PoM?

What does Rivastigamine inhibit?

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Prescription only medicine.

Enzyme acetylcholinesterase. Ach then increases which produces better memory.

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