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Selected Keyword: Drug actions

Importance of Drug Receptor Location

This the first Umbrella Learning Object (ULO) to be developed and contains the following Pharmacology RLO titles: Receptor location, Membrane Bound Receptors, Intracellular Receptors and Clinical importance and application.

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Release Date: 13 March 2009

 

Importance of intracellular receptor location to the speed of drug action

To explain how binding of a drug to an intracellular receptor influences cellular activity and how this relates to the timing of drug action.

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Release Date: 10 March 2009

 

Importance of membrane bound receptors to the speed of drug action

To determine the clinical importance of receptor location in determining the time of onset of drug effect.

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Release Date: 09 March 2009

 

Understanding First Pass Metabolism

Description of first pass metabolism of orally-administered drugs in the liver and gastrointestinal tract

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Release Date: 09 January 2004