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IMMUNOSUPPERESSANTS - THE PHARMACOLOGY OF IMMUNOSUPPRESENTS | PHARMACIST REVIEW

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  Immune activation 3 signal model Signal 1 =Antigen at APC(Antigen presenting Surface) react with T-Cell at CD3 receptor Signal 2 =CD80 & CD86 at APC engage with CD28 at T-Cell Signal 1 & Signal 2 activate Calcium-Calcineurin Pathway, production of Cytokine i.e IL-2, IL-15, CD154, CD25. Signal 3 =IL-2 bind with CD25 at T-Cell activate mTOR (Mammalian Target of Rapamycin) , stimulate T-Cell proliferation Selective Inhibitor of Cytokine

TOXICOLOGY - Summarize List of issues Toxicology Mechanisms and Methods

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 TOXICOLOGY Toxicity = Inherent capacity of chemical to cause injur...dose & duration dependent Acute toxicity: conversion of Xenobiotics into Nucleophilic specie Chronic toxicity: conversion of Xenobiotics into Electrophilic specie Warfarin is Rodenticide...Malathion Θ AcetylCholinEsterase, Ach toxicity Asbestos is Carcinogenic CCL4: from consumption of Contaminated water...cause Irritation of Eyes & Respiratory Chloroform: Hepaatotoxic, Nephrotoxic Benzene: Hematopoietic toxicity...Agranulocytosis, Leukopenia Toluene: CNS impair Speech, hearing, vision Methanol (Wood Alchol) & Ethylene Glycol: Methanol oxidizes into Formic acid... Ethylene Glycol oxidized into Glycolic, Oxalic, and Glyxolic acid Isopropnol: metabolize into Acetone, then COOH, cause Acedemia Organophosphate & Carbmate= Inseecticides....ΘAcetylCholinesterase Pyrethroids: Insecticide...↑Na+...Convulsion, itching...S.E; Contact Dermatitis, Asthma Rotenone: Insectiside... ΘNAD+ by ↓O2 Lead: C...

AUTOCOID & AUTOCOID ANTAGONIST

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 Autocoid  Endogeenous ccompound act on the Tissue from where they formed Histamine, Prostglandin, Serotonin Prostaglandinns Mifepristone, Misoprostol H1-Anti-Histamine(First Generation) Chlorpheniramine, Cyclizine, Diphenhydramine, Dimenhydrinate, Doxepin, Doxylamine, Hdroxyzine, Meclizine, Promethazine H1-Anti-Histamine(2nd Generation) Acrivastine, Cetrizine, Desloratadine, Fexofenadine, Loratadine Drug for Migraine Almotriptan, Eletriptan, Frovatriptan, Naratriptan, Rizatriptan, Sumatriptan, Zolmitriptan Histamine  Chemical messenger, generated in Mast cell...No therapeutic effect but Anti-Histamine have Therapeutic effect... Location Found in Lung, Skin, GIT...Histamine found in Mast cell, Basophil, Insect sting, Venom Synthesis Histidine→Histamine by Decarboxylation...Stored as Histamine complex with Heparin (PolySulfated anion)...Histamine inactivated by Amine oxidase Release  By Cold, Bacterial toxin, Bee Sting, Trauma, Allergies, Anaphylaxis MOA H1, H2, H3, H...

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY DRUGS -NON-STEROIDAL ANTI- INFLAMMATORY DRUGS (NSAIDS) | MECHANISM OF ACTION | SIDE EFFECTS | PHARMACOLOGY

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 PROSTAGLANDIN Unsaturated Fatty acids containing 20 carbon, also called “Eicosanoid” Synthesis= Arachidonic acid “20 carbon fatty acid” precursor of PG(Prostaglandin) ... Free Arachidonic acid release from Phospholipid by action of Phospholipase A2 Cyclo-Oxygenase Pathway= PG synthesized through Cyclooxygenase pathway... Cyclooxygenase 1= responsible for Physiologic production of PG ...  Involved in Platelet Aggregation, Gastric Cytoprotection, Homeostasis, Reproduction, Kidney function Cyclooxygenase 2= ↑PG level in Chronic disease & Inflammation...Expressed in Brain, Bone, Kidney....Θ by Glucocorticoid Lipoxygenase Pathway= Lipoxygenase Act on Arachidnic acid to form 5-HPETE, 12-HPETE, 15-HPETE (HydroPeroxyEicosa TetraEnoic Acid)...Leukotriene & Lipoxin produced involved in Asthma Actions of PG= via Gprotein which Activate or Inhibit Adenylyl cyclase...Stimulate Phospholipase C...Activate Sec-Messenger DAG & Inositol Triphosphate PGF2α, TXA2, LeuT involved in P...

ESTROGEN & ANDROGEN

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  Estrogens Estradiol known as 17-β-Estradiol most imp Estrogen produced in Ovary… principle Estrogen in Postmenopausal women… Estrone have 1/3rd potency of Estradiol… primary circulating Estrogen after Menopause. Estriol, metabolite of Estradiol produced by Placenta... Estrone & Equilin prep used in  HRT (Hormone replacement therapy) PAST PAPER SERIES  Tamoxifene & Raloxifene; Selective Estrogen Receptor Modulator…nonsteroidal..exert  estrogenic or Antiestrogenic effects… MOA= bind to sex hormone in plasma...diffuse across cell memb...bind to nuclear protein.. Two estrogen receptor α & β…α-receptor is CLASSIC receptor…α-receptor promote Transcription while β- contain REPRESSER domain….result in synthesis of different protein… T.E= used for Contraception& Postmeopausal hormone therapy..prevention of Osteoporosis… S.E= nausea, breast tenderness…. Selective Estrogen Receptor Modulator Toremifene is an orphan drug… MOA= bind to estrogen recepto...

ADRENAL HORMONES - SYNTHESIS FUCNTION AND IMBALANCE OF ADRENAL HORMONE | PHARMACOLOGY REVIEW

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Adrenal gland consist of cortex & medulla.... Medulla secrete Epinephrine... Cortex secrete Adrenal Corticoids & Adrenal Androgens

PAST PAPERS OF AKUH TRAINEE PHARMACIST TEST - SOLVE IT WITH BRAIN

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Past papers of AKUH SPSC PPSC AND OTHER SCREENING TEST   Pharmacology   1) ______ is used to prevent H1N1 A)Amentadine B)Oselteamivir C)Acyclovire D)Ganciclovir  2) Competitive alters____ and non-competitive inhibitors alters______. A) Efficacy: Potency  B)Potency: Efficacy  C)Efficacy: efficacy  D) Potency: potency 3) ________ fungal infection is very difficult to irradiate. A) Nail B) Scalp C) Skin D) Mucous membrane            4) A 300 mg dose of a drug is given whose t1/2 is 6 months. What is the amount remaining after 2 years (F=1) (hint: exponential elimination) 5) Dermatophytes is treated by _____  ______ cream 1% is used in burn. A)cortisole B)clotrimazole C) Silver sulfadiazine 6) _PERMETHRIN CREAM 5%_____ use in ? 7) A person allergic to easter type anesthetic, what would you give? A) Tetracain B) Bupivacain C) Procain D) All 8) Rauwolfia alkaloid is/are: A) Raserpine B) ephedrine C) bromocriptine D) All  9)...