- Introduction; Aims of first half of chapter (section) 1
- Practice using active learning to develop problem solving skills
- Best approach to learning medications; Understanding reflux
- Practice applying knowledge to develop safe practice and problem solving skills
- Antacids, chemical reactions, osmosis and drug to drug reactions
- Practice developing clinical reasoning and problem solving skills
- Best approach to learning medications; Overview and aims of chapter (section) 1B
- Practice 'coaching' the client for optimal compliance
- Picturing the GIT and how it is controlled; Safety issues of constipation
- Practice developing clinical reasoning skills; The most important symptoms
- Safety issues; What happens when you take more than the recommended dose?
- Practice helping clients understand the safety issues of OTC pain killers
- Understanding 'pro-drugs', stimulant laxatives and rebound effects
- Practice developing problem solving skills with enteric coated medications
- Understanding the remaining laxatives
- Practice safety: 'Strictly contraindicated' vs 'contraindicated'
- Chapter/section summary; Developing confidence
- Overview and aims of chapter
- Practice developing safe strategies using dehydration as the example
- The naming of drugs and which name to remember
- Practice identifying 20 of the top 200 most prescribed medications (it's easy!)
- Picturing the pain pathways and our natural opioids
- Practice developing clinical reasoning skills and safety strategies
- Picturing the types of cellular receptors and what happens after drug binding
- Practice explaining the rebound pain that occurs with opioids
- Understanding terms used when drugs affect a receptor
- Practice applying your knowledge: Affinity, selectivity and potency
- Picturing agonists, antagonists partial agonists and inverse agonists
- Practice developing problem solving skills: partial agonists
- Exactly how is it that an opioid causes constipation?
- Practice picturing opioid blockers (antagonists)
- Chapter summary: Building confidence
- Chapter (Section) 3 introduction and aims
- Practice defining pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics
- Picturing the absorption rate associated with different modes of administration
- Practice estimating maximum concentration (C-max) of drugs
- Picturing absorption
- Practice estimating absorption rate of different modes of administration
- Distribution of drugs: First pass, protein binding
- Practice developing problem solving skills using protein binding of drugs
- Picturing metabolism of drugs: Cytochrome P450, Fist pass, Pro-drugs, Phase 1/2
- Practice developing problem solving skills using the metabolism of drugs
- Excretion of drugs: Half life, first order kinetics, zero order kinetics
- Practice applying your knowledge of half-life
- Quickly identify 22 of the 200 most prescribed medications
- Practice identifying 34 of the top 200 most prescribed medications
- Ranitidine and other Histamine 2 receptor blockers
- Practice developing problem solving skills by predicting side effects
- Furthering your understanding of Histamine 2 blockers and selectivity.
- Practice explaining the difference between Histamine 1 vs Histamine 2
- Chapter (section) review
- Chapter (section) overview and aims
- Practice applying information about enzymes: irreversible inhibition
- Fun pharmacokinetics: A tour of the fate of a drug after oral administration
- Practice developing problem solving skills about bioavailability
- Picturing enzymatic inhibitors
- Practice relating enzymatic inhibition to other drugs (aspirin)
- Picturing inhibition of an enzymatic pump
- Practice explaining that pump
- Why do enzymatic inhibitors have side effects?
- Practice applying knowledge about enzymatic inhibitors and inducers.
- Understanding proton pump inhibitors and pregnancy categories
- Practice identifying 42 of the top 200 drugs
- Chapter review
- Developing confidence; Overview and aims of chapter
- Few medications decrease nausea by directly affecting the GIT
- Neurons, neurotransmitters and drugs that work on neurons
- Picturing drugs working on neurons
- Safety issues associated with vomiting
- Developing safe practice
- A clear picture of the vomiting pathway: 3 totally different antiemetics
- Clinical applications of antihistamines and anticholinergic agents
- Antiemetics: Blocking serotonin 3 and dopamine 2
- Developing clinical reasoning skills: Clinical use of antiemetics
- Congratulations, you now have the best foundation in pharmacology!