BIOL122 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Osteoporosis, Osteoarthritis, Bisphosphonate
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A drug used to cause longer lasting bronchodilation thereby relieving the symptoms of asthma. (it opens up your airways). The important thing to remember is that these drugs. This means it binds to your beta 2 receptors and does the same thing as adrenaline/noradrenaline. Thus it sti(cid:373)ulates your (cid:862)fight or flight(cid:863) respo(cid:374)se. This means it causes bronchodilation (opens up your airways) This means it also might increase heart rate and stroke volume. Very lipid soluble so they hang around in your body for longer. A study suggested they could increase risk of asthma exacerbations. Beta (cid:271)lo(cid:272)kers as these (cid:271)lo(cid:272)k the (cid:271)eta re(cid:272)eptors abas (cid:271)i(cid:374)d to. People with diabetes as it will up blood glucose levels just as adrenaline would. Week 3 but this time we"re looking at them in terms of asthma medications. They prevent the inflammatory response responsible for asthma. Prevents the formation of key chemicals that generate an inflammatory response.
