pg. 26
Explanation
Principles of Pharm (pgs. 26-39; skipped 31-35)
In obese patients, need to use adujusted body weight (ABW) instead when calculating CrCl and doses. pg. 26
pg. 28 The dissociation constant (K sub D) describes the degree of a drug's affinity for the receptor site. This is the concentration of drug in solution necessary for 50% of given receptors to be occupied (pg. 29)
question from lecture
-vs- Drug efficacy: used when comparing the effects od drugs in DIFFERENT classes or which have different mechs of pg. 29
pg.26
Competitive antagonism: antagonist competes with agonists for receptor site pg. 29
non-competitive antagonism: antagonist binds to sites OTHER THAN the agonist-binding domain pg. 29
Some drugs do not need to be adjusted until the clearance is lower.. pg. 27
pg. 28
pg. 30
liver --> gall bladder --> bile --> feces pg. 26
pg. 37
agonists are drugs which change or affect cellular physiology by binding to INTRACELLULAR RECEPTORS or PLASMA MEMBRANES (pg. 29)
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