Define the following: pharmacology, pharmacodynamics, and pharmacokinetics. What

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Define the following: pharmacology, pharmacodynamics, and pharmacokinetics. What is a drug? What is a receptor? Illustrate how drugs bind to their receptors. Define the following in relation to pharmacology: agonist and antagonist. Know what K_d equals as it relates to Equation 2-1, Equation 2-2 and drug-receptor binding. Be able to interpret both drug-receptor binding and dose-response curves. Explain when a drug is more potent than another drug. Explain when a drug is more efficacious than another drug. Calculate therapeutic index (Equation 2-11). Discuss the story of Phineas Gage. Affective disorders can be defined as What are two types of affective disorders? What are the major classes of antidepressants? Discuss how each drug class of antidepressants affect synaptic transmission of neurotransmitters and discuss the neurotransmitter targeted. What are the trade names of the following: paroxetine, fluoxetine, atorvastatin. donepezil. Discuss the following about each of the following: serotonin, dopamine, norepinephrine, and acetylcholine.

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1). Pharmacology is the study of drugs. It includes the study of mechanism of action, adverse effects, drug interactions and uses of drugs.

Pharmacokinetics is the study of effect of body on the drug.

Pharmacodynamics is the study of effect of drug on the body. It includes the study of drug absorption (A), distribution (D), metabolism (M), and excretion (E).

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