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• Geriatric pharmacology: pharmacokinetics, polypharmacy and related topics

  May 9, 2010

  Collection of different PowerPoint presentations on pharmacological concepts relevant to drug therapy in the geriatric population.

• Differences between tricyclic antidepressants and SNRIs mechanism of action

  April 28, 2010

  Images, mindmaps and tables integration of both TCAs and SNRIs MOA. Muscarinic, histaminic and alpha 1 receptors blockade determines TCAs

• Serotonin (5-HT): receptors, agonists and antagonists

  March 17, 2010

  Serotonin receptors characteristics, classification and drugs that influence serotonergic transmission. Pharmacology review.

• Collection of PowerPoint lectures on ANS pharmacology

  February 22, 2010

  The following set of lectures has been created by Dr. Edwin Jackson and were published in the Division for Cardiovascular Pharmacology, a branch of the American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics (ASPET). Why study autonomic pharmacology? Outline of slides: Parasympathetic Ganglionic Synapse, Parasympathetic Organ Synapse, Sympathetic Ganglionic Synapse, Sympathetic Ganglionic Synapse, How do drugs

• Pharmacokinetics in critical care: PowerPoint presentation

  January 6, 2010

  This presentation entitled “Applied Pharmacokinetics in the Adult Critically Ill” is oriented to show pharmacokinetics concepts that are relevant to the ICU. Some of them are: First pass metabolism Patients in whom oral administration should be avoided P-glycoprotein (P-gp) Relevance of drug distribution in compartments Context specific half life Cytochrome 450 Pharmacogenetics Pharmacotherapy in critical