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05/23/2009

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2 drugs acting on different receptors producing opposing effects is called what?
Definition
physiological or funtional antagonism
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one drug interacts directly with another opposing its effects is called what?
Definition
Chemical antagonism
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equilibrium competitive antagonism
Definition
agonist and antagonist compete for receptor and replace each other. antagonism is surmountable. Kd is effected (increased) but the efficacy is the same.
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Non-equilibrium competitive
Definition
antagonist binds covalently to the receptor effectively eliminating the number of receptors. efficacy is decreased but Kd does not change.
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Non-competitive antagonsim
Definition
antagonist binds to a different site than that of agonist. decreased efficacy, but Kd does not change.
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Hyperactivity
Definition
usual effects obtained at unexpectedly low dosage
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Supersensitivity
Definition
increased receptor sensitivity through denervation. i.e. number of receptors increase when a nerev is cut
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Tolerance
Definition
Normal effect seen only at unusually high drug dosages. Equivalent to hypoactivity but this term has the connotation of hypoactivity acquired aas a result of prior exposure to the drug.
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Tachphylaxis
Definition
tolerance which develops rapidly after only a few drug doses
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idiosyncracy
Definition
unusual drug effects. may have variable intensity. are often independent of the dose and usually occurs is a small percentage of the population.
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what is the term that defines the amount of drug required to bind to half of the receptors? 
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Kd
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define EC50
Definition
the concentration or dose that produces 50% of the maximum possible response. often used in graded D-R curves
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define ED50
Definition
the dose that provides effect/response in 50% of individuals. often found in Quantal D-R curves
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IC50
Definition
concentration needed to reduce the binding of the labeled ligand by 50%. the lower the IC50 the higher the affinity
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Homospeceific regulation
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when the agonist regulaets its own receptor
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Heterospecific regulation
Definition
when an agonist binds to a recpetor and regulates the synthesis of another receptor
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