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1- General Pharmacology 1 (2 Hours & 16 minutes)

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   Content of this Session
  • Permeation
  • Absorption
  • Distribution
  • Biotransformation

 

 

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[h] General Pharmacology Flashcards

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[q] Drug permeation and absorption is directly proportional to ……….., ………, and ………. and inversely proportional to ………?

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[q] Many drugs are weak acids or weak bases and can exist in either nonionized or ionized forms in an equilibrium, depending on ……… and ……….?

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[q] Only the ……… form of a drug crosses biomembranes.

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[q] The …….. form is better renally excreted because it is water soluble.

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[q] If you want to increase the absorption of a drug or to decrease its clearance ——> put it in environment with …….., but if you want to increase its clearance –> put it in environment with …..?

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[q] ……… can be used to alkalinize the urine.

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[q] ……… can be used to acidify the urine.

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[q] Passive diffusion and Facilitated Diffusion transport occurs (down or against) concentration gradient, while active transport occurs (down or against) concentration gradient.

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[q] ……… and ……. are types of transport that need carriers, so they are saturable.

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[q] ……….. does not involve absorption, and there is no loss of drug (Bioavailability = 100%).

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[q] …….. is used to measure of the fraction of a dose that reaches the systemic circulation.

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[q] ………. can be calculated by measuring area under the curve of the dug after taken orally divided by area under the curve of the same drug after taken intravenously.

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[q] Oral bioavailability is dependent on ……… and ………?

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[q] Why the bioavailability of drugs that are taken suppository are better than the drugs taken orally?

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[q] When Vd of the drug is 3 liters, this means this drug is sequestered in (tissues or blood)?

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[q] Characteristics of a drug such as high molecular weight, high plasma protein binding, high charge, and hydrophilicity tend to trap the drug in the (tissues or blood) compartment resulting in a (low or high) Vd.

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[q] When Vd of the drug is 103 liters, this means this drug is sequestered in (tissues or blood)?

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[q] What is the most likely diagnosis?

56 years old patient presenting with hemiplegia although he was on warfarin as a prophylaxes of PE, his Ct shows intracranial hemorrhage, after revising his previous history you discovered he was on quinolones the previous 2 weeks for treatment of pneumonia?

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[q] Drugs that may cause Drug-induced SLE by slow acetylators are …….., ………., and ……….?

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