Performance-Enhancing Drugs Doping: the administration of or the use by a competing athlete of any substance foreign to the body or of any physiological substance taken in abnormal route of entry into the body, with the...
Reproductive Pharmacology Overview Endocrine Reproductive Function Sex Steroids Subclass of steroid hormones - Estrogens (estradiol) - Progesterones - Andr...
Drug Interactions Objectives Differentiate the three major types of drug interactions Understand some of the pharmacodynamic and pharmacokinetic mechanisms of drug interactions Apply your knowl...
Where Do Drugs Come From? Objectives Learn the different sources of drugs, including natural and non-natural sources Be familiar with examples of drugs derived from each source Understand some of the h...
Psychiatric Drugs Objectives Understand the physiology of neurotransmission in the brain Differentiate the different types of psychiatric disorders Identify the different classes of psychiatric drugs, ...
Anxiety Disorders and Anxiolytics Anxiety Disorders Characterized by excessive, exaggerated, irrational fear and dread Include panic disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, and various phobias (social ...
Classification 1. Antidepressants: MAOIs, TCAs, SSRIs, SNRIs 2. Mood stabilizers: lithium, anticonvulsants 3. Antipsychotics: typical, atypical 4. Anxiolytics: BZDs, azapirones Depression and Antidepre...
Psychiatric Drugs Bipolar Disorder and Mood Stabilizers Bipolar Disorder Formerly called manic depression Characterized by drastic mood changes alternating between extreme highs (mania) and extreme ...
Antibiotic Resistance If you use penicillin, use enough. The percentages of both hospital-acquired and community-acquired bacteria resistance to penicillin and methicillin have increasing throughout the years. Antibiot...
Antibiotics Terminology Antimicrobials - Antibacterials - Examples: bleach, H O 2 2Cl - Antibiotics Death or suppression of bacterial growth Micro-organism derived (synthetic/semi-syn...
Alcohol In science, a class of compounds. In society, a specific drug. e.g. Ethyl alcohol, or ethanol Fermentation byproduct of yeast + sugar. The consumption of alcohol (in quantity) far exceeds any other drug in so...
Population variability & Pharmacogenomics 2 Overview Population variability & genomics vs. Pharmacological response - Gene polymorphism - Sepsis: vasopressin/norepinephrine - Sepsis: Xigris - Tumor...
Population variability & Pharmacogenomics Environment Factors Most ubiquitous environmental factor that may affect drug responses? Seasons. I am a silent killer unless severely high. I affect of Earths adult populatio...
Postsurgical Patient Management Objectives 1. Understand the risk factors and management of nausea and vomiting after surgery 2. Understand the basic mechanism of action and complications analgesic medications ...
Principles of Surgical Anesthesia Objectives 1. Describe the broad types of anesthesia (general, neuraxial and regional) 2. Understand the basic mechanism of action and complications associated with drugs ...
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