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Pharmacology
Pharmacology means remembering drug classes, their targets and their parameters. Lumi quizzes you drug by drug, then mixes the classes so you stop confusing them.
How to turn this subject into cards
Make one note per class, with the target, mechanism, expected effects, major adverse effects and contraindications. Also quiz yourself on pharmacokinetics, meaning absorption, distribution, metabolism and elimination. The trap is mixing up neighbouring classes with similar names. Lumi helps you retain mechanisms, naming stems and parameters. This subject is treated here as coursework, never as health advice.
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Pharmacodynamics describes what a drug does to the body, while pharmacokinetics describes what the body does to the drug. Bioavailability is the fraction of a dose that reaches the systemic circulation. A competitive antagonist can be overcome by raising the agonist concentration. Most drugs are metabolized in the liver by cytochrome P450 enzymes.
Lumi’s question
_____ describes what a drug does to the body, while pharmacokinetics describes what the body does to the drug.
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Give Lumi your pharmacology notes, it gives them back as questions at the right moment.