Pharm Flashcards
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quantal dose-response
all or nothing- you are either protected or you are not
ED50
where 50% of animals are protected
LD50
kills 50% of animals
chemical vs physical form
same drug cannot be in different chemical forms, but can be in different physical forms
Therapeutic Index
LD50/ED50
ideally 10
margin of safety
LD1/ED99
comparing extremes of the dose response curves to indicate any over lap
Protective Index
=ED50 (undesireable)/ED50 (desireable)
chronicity index
=(1-dose of LD50)/(90-doseLD50)
has to do with clearance
1 is best (total clearance) vs 90 (virtually no clearance)
Threshold dose
apparent all or none phenomenon at a specific threshold dose
–may not be a REAL threshold but an apparent threshold
potency
relative dose required to produce a given effect
(should not be equated with therapeutic superiority)
affinity is one component, but not the whole thing
intrinsic activity
often referred to as efficacy in intact patient; magnitude of maximal response (highest dose)
efficacy is one component, but not whole thing
affinity
K1/K2
efficacy
K3
Chemical antagonism
direct interaction of the agonist and antagonist
functional antagonism
two agonists act independently but lead to opposite biological effects, so kinda cancel each other out (or one takes over)
competitive antagonism
the antagonist binds to the receptor, but elicits no response (affinity, but no efficacy)- however, competes with agonist for binding sites
–eq and non-eq
Eq antagonism
competitive
reversible
can be overcome if dose of against is increase enough
non-eq antagonsim
competitive
irreversible-perm block of agonist binding and receptor function
cannot be overcome by increasing dose ofagonist
non-comp antagonist
antagonist acts at a site other than the site of agonist binding but affects the same process
could also bind to another site on same receptor and alter the ability of the receptor to interact with agonist–“allosteric effect”
inverse antagonist
shifts eq towards inactive
synergy
need more than one to make–>additive
potentiation
the effect of one drug makes another work better
rate of absorption
movement of drug from site of administration to the blood
rate of distribution
delivery of drug from blood to tissues and target sites