Aspects Of Pharmacotherapy Write A Short Note On Tolerance Answer: Tolerance Tolerance: Tolerance means a requirement for higher doses of a drug to produce a given response. Drug Tolerance May Be: Natural: The species or individual are inherently less sensitive to the drug, for example, black races are tolerant to mydriatics. Acquired: Acquired tolerance … [Read more...] about Aspects Of Pharmacotherapy Question And Answers
Pharmacodynamics Question And Answers
Pharmacodynamics Question And Answers Question 1. Write A Note On Synergism. Or Write A Short Note On Synergism. Or Write A Short Note On Drug Synergism. Answer: Drug Synergism When the action of a drug is facilitated or increased by the other, they are said to be synergistic: In a synergistic pair both the drugs can have action in the same direction. … [Read more...] about Pharmacodynamics Question And Answers
Local Anesthesia: Types, Benefits, and Side Effects
Local Anaesthetics Local anesthetics are the drugs when given either topically or parenterally to a localized area, produce loss of sensation with or without loss of consciousness by reversibly blocking the generation and conduction of nerve impulses. They do not interact with the pain receptors or inhibit the release or the biosynthesis of pain mediators. The anesthesia … [Read more...] about Local Anesthesia: Types, Benefits, and Side Effects
Antidiabetic Drugs Classification And Mechanism of Action
Antidiabetic Agents Introduction The pancreas secretes digestive enzymes, glucagon, and insulin. An isolated group of cells within a cell's pancreas is called an islet of Langerhans. These cells are divided into three types (secretes glucagon), β cells (secretes insulin), and γ cells (secretes somatostatin). Insulin plays an important role in the digestion and utilization … [Read more...] about Antidiabetic Drugs Classification And Mechanism of Action
Drugs Affecting the Endocrine System
Drugs Acting On Endocrine System Introduction The human endocrine system is a group of ductless glands that regulate body processes by secreting chemical substances called hormones. Hormones act on nearby tissues or are carried in the bloodstream to act on specific target organs and distant tissues. Diseases of the endocrine system can result from the oversecretion or … [Read more...] about Drugs Affecting the Endocrine System