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Beta adrenergic receptors (Comments Off)

7/11/10 •

Beta adrenergic receptors location and effects highlighted in pharmacology charts. Activation of Beta receptors 1, 2 and 3 is also explored in this article.

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Acetylcholine receptors: muscarinic and nicotinic (3)

6/13/10 •

Overview on acetylcholine receptors pharmacology: differences between muscarinic and nicotinic receptors, classification, location, acetylcholine receptors and ANS.

Animation showing the Jak-Stat signalling pathway mechanism (2)

6/12/10 •

The Jak-Stat pathway has recently attracted researchers’ attention. This has been motivated by the fact that this pathway is a potential target of future agents for the treatment of myeloproliferative disorders such as: polycythemia vera, essential thrombocythemia, and myeloid metaplasia with myelofibrosis. The animation below depicts the Jak-Stat signalling pathway mechanism: As mentioned above, there [...]

Drugs for CINV prophylaxis and treatment (0)

12/22/09 •

This article overviews the pharmacology of drugs used for the prevention and treatment of chemotherapy induced nausea and vomiting (CINV). A brief introduction on the pathophysiology is presented, to be followed by a discusssion on the different drug classes.

Clinical guidelines on CINV management (0)

12/22/09 •

These are the latest guidelines on antiemetic managagement of chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting published on The Oncologist. Below that, an article from Supportive Oncology discusses the most relevant changes made in the 2006 update.

Hypertension management: pharmacotherapy lecture notes (PDF) (1)

12/19/09 •

Phharmacological management of hypertension: by the Pharmacology OpenCourseWare initiative at Harvard Medical School – MIT.

PowerPoint: overview of cephalosporins pharmacology (0)

12/17/09 •

This presentation is focused on the core characteristics of cephalosporins as a group. It highlights the differences in terms of bacterial coverage between different generations, using some clinical uses as examples. PowerPoint: cephalosporins pharmacology Download PPT Lecture outline: Chemical characteristics of beta-lactams. Mechanism of action. First, second, third and fourth generation cephalosporins drug list. Bacterial [...]

PPI – Clopidogrel (Plavix) interaction: the latest news (1)

12/14/09 •

This page will be constantly updated on the latest news about the possible interaction between the antiplatelet drug clopidogrel (Plavix) and PPIs.

Animation: NRTIs mechanism of action (5)

12/13/09 •

Nucleoside analog reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NRTIs) are nucleoside analogues that act as competitive inhibitors of HIV-1 reverse transcriptase. As shown in the animation, these drugs compete with nucleoside triphosphates for access to reverse transcriptase. All NRTIs lack a 3-hydroxyl group; thus, their incorporation into a growing DNA chain results in its termination. They require intracytoplasmic [...]