Drug Antagonism

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Orthosteric Drug Effects Outline Bi-Molecular Systems51 New Terminology52 What is Drug Antagonism?53 Antagonist Potency53 Mechanism(s) of Receptor Antagonism54 Orthosteric (Competitive and Non-Competitive) Antagonism56 Slow Dissociation Kinetics and Non-Competitive Antagonism62 Partial…

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Pharmacokinetics II

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Distribution and Multiple Dosing Outline Drugs in Motion: In Vivo Pharmacokinetics155 New Terminology156 The Central Compartment and In Vivo Clearance156 Renal Excretion159 Drug Distribution162 Pharmacokinetics In Vivo166 Scaling Data to…

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In Vivo Pharmacology

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185 New Terminology188 The “Dose” in Dose–Response189 What Constitutes Drug Response?194 The Importance of Kinetics In Vivo199 Summary207 The ultimate therapeutic value of a molecule is determined by its effect…

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Drug Affinity and Efficacy

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19 New Terminology20 Agonist Selectivity20 Affinity20 Efficacy26 Drugs with Multiple Efficacies29 Quantifying Agonist Activity32 Descriptive Pharmacology: II34 Summary35 This chapter specifically discusses the concepts of affinity (expressed as a ratio…

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Pharmacokinetics I

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Permeation and Metabolism Outline The Importance of Drug Concentration125 New Terminology132 “Drug-Like” Properties of Molecules133 Drug Absorption135 Drug Metabolism142 Oral Bioavailability150 Summary152 This chapter discusses how the body is a…

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Enzymes as Drug Targets

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105 New Terminology105 Enzyme Kinetics107 Enzymes as Drug Targets109 Reversible Enzyme Inhibition112 Irreversible Enzyme Inhibition117 Intracellular Effects of Enzyme-Active Drugs120 Summary123 This chapter considers how enzymes can be therapeutic drug…

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Allosteric Drug Effects

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81 New Terminology82 Protein Allosterism82 Types of Allosteric Modulators84 Unique Effects of Allosteric Modulators87 Detecting Allosterism93 Quantifying Allosteric Effect98 Descriptive Pharmacology: V101 Summary102 This chapter begins with a discussion of…

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Predicting Agonist Effect

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37 New Terminology39 The Black–Leff Operational Model of Agonism40 Applying the Black–Leff Model to Predict Agonism43 Descriptive Pharmacology: III49 Summary50 This chapter discusses the use of the Black–Leff operational model…

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Safety Pharmacology

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211 New Terminology212 Safety Versus Toxicity212 Safety Pharmacology214 Early Safety Tests219 Hepatic Toxicity223 Summary225 The main aim of safety pharmacology is to define the optimal way in which potentially valuable…

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Pharmacology

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The Chemical Control of Physiology Outline Pharmacology and Cellular Drug Response1 New Terminology2 Pharmacological Targets2 Dose–Response Curves5 Linking Observed Pharmacology With Molecular Mechanism12 Descriptive Pharmacology: I15 Summary16 This chapter discusses…

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