PHARMACOLOGY FOUNDATIONS
YEAR 1 | PAGE 14A - PK/PD + AUTONOMIC PHARMACOLOGY CONCEPT MASTERY
Make drugs predictable: TARGET/RECEPTOR -> SIGNAL/PHYSIOLOGIC EFFECT -> DOSE/EXPOSURE -> INDICATION -> TOXICITY/INTERACTION -> MONITORING/REVERSAL. Build the mechanism first; names become easier to retain afterward.
A. DEEP FOUNDATIONAL PHARMACOLOGY VIDEOS - DIRECT & PLAYABLE
Use long-form videos to build the model, then redraw the equations/receptor map from memory before questions.
A. DEEP FOUNDATIONAL PHARMACOLOGY VIDEOS - DIRECT & PLAYABLE
| # | Video | Time | Why | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Pharmacokinetics Part 1: Absorption & Distribution - Armando Hasudungan | 2026 visual | Routes, bioavailability, first-pass effect, protein binding and volume of distribution - the ADME scaffold before dosing calculations. | Open → |
| 2. | Pharmacodynamics - Ninja Nerd | ~89 min | Receptors, agonists/antagonists, potency, efficacy, therapeutic index and dose-response curves with mechanism-based practice. | Open → |
| 3. | Pharmacokinetics: Drug Metabolism - Ninja Nerd | ~28 min | Phase I/II biotransformation, CYP logic and patient factors that alter metabolism - essential for interactions and toxicity reasoning. | Open → |
| 4. | Pharmacokinetics: Drug Clearance - Ninja Nerd | ~22 min | Clearance, half-life, first- vs zero-order elimination and organ dysfunction; converts PK equations into clinically predictable changes. | Open → |
| 5. | Autonomic Pharmacology: Cholinergic Agonists - Ninja Nerd | ~77 min | Muscarinic/nicotinic receptor physiology -> parasympathomimetics -> indications, adverse effects and antidote-style reasoning. | Open → |
| 6. | Autonomic Pharmacology: Adrenergic Agonists - Ninja Nerd | ~106 min | Alpha/beta receptor signaling -> sympathomimetics -> organ effects, indications and predictable adverse-effect patterns. | Open → |
FOUNDATIONAL CLOSED-BOOK CHECK
- Calculate or predict bioavailability, Vd, clearance, half-life, loading/maintenance dosing and first- vs zero-order elimination.
- Interpret dose-response curves: potency vs efficacy, partial agonism, competitive vs noncompetitive antagonism and therapeutic index.
- For alpha/beta/muscarinic/nicotinic receptors, state location -> G protein/second messenger -> organ effect -> agonist/antagonist consequence.
- Predict how renal/hepatic dysfunction, protein binding or CYP induction/inhibition changes exposure before memorizing a drug-specific fact. VIDEO-FIRST | SCHOOL-EXAM + BOARD-EXAM MASTERY