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        | Mechanism of Action (MOA) |  | Definition 
 
        | The manner in which molecular targets are affected by the drug (How does the drug work?) |  | 
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        | The end points of the signal transduction events (What does the drug do?) |  | 
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        | Predictable reactions, some are merely bothersome |  | 
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        | Adverse Effects/Adverse Drug Reactions |  | Definition 
 
        | Anything that causes the patient to stop taking the drug |  | 
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        | Medications and health conditions that pose considerable risk |  | 
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        | 4 Major Types of Drug-Receptors |  | Definition 
 
        | Ion Channels G-protein coupled receptor
 Transmembrane with enzyme intracellular receptor
 Intracellular receptor
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        | The concentration at which the drug elicits 50% of its maximal response |  | 
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        | Elicits a response from tissue |  | 
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        | The drug with the greatest pharmacological effects |  | 
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        | Effects are less than full agonist |  | 
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        | Causes an effect opposite to that of the agonist |  | 
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        | Prevention of activity of an agonist |  | 
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        | Binds at the same site on the receptor as the agonist |  | 
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        | Binds at a different site than the agonist |  | 
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        | Can bind at a different site than the agonist even when the agonist is bound. |  | 
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        | Tendency to bind receptors |  | 
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        | The ability to initiate a response |  | 
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        | Capacity of a single drug-receptor complex to evoke a response |  | 
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        | Allosteric Model of Drug Action |  | Definition 
 
        | Receptors exist in more than one configuration. Certain percentage are in the active conformation.
 Agonist can 'push' the receptors into an active conformation.
 Antagonist can 'push' into an inactive conformation.
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