USMLE-like pharmacology quiz. Part 4: pharmacodynamics
The following are multiple choice questions in a style similar to those included in the USMLE step 1. The main topic here is: pharmacodynamics. This quiz has been uploaded to Scribd by medical student James Lamberg. The correct answers can be found in link at the end of this post. Note: the words underlined don’t […]
USMLE-like pharmacology quiz. Part 3: pharmacokinetics (drug metabolism)
The following are multiple choice questions in a style similar to those included in the USMLE step 1. The main topic here is: pharmacokinetics (drug metabolism). This quiz has been uploaded to Scribd by medical student James Lamberg. The correct answers can be found in link at the end of this post. Note: the words […]
Pharmacology mnemonic: drugs that induce enzymatic metabolism
Metabolism enzyme inducers “Randy’s Black Car Goes Putt Putt and Smokes “: Rifampin Barbiturates Carbamazepine Grisoefulvin Phenytoin Phenobarb Smoking cigarettes Thanks to MedExcel
Pharmacokinetics. What is biotransformation?
The following pharmacological definition has been taken from the Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics Department Glossary at Boston University School of Medicine . Biotransformation: Chemical alteration of an agent (drug) that occurs by virtue of the sojourn of the agent in a biological system. Spontaneous decay of radium would not be considered a biotransformation even if […]