Introduction to Pharmacodynamics | Pharmacology

Watch next - Types of receptors:    • Types of Receptors: Ligand-Gated, GPCRs, K...   If you'd like to support EKG Science 💙 PayPal - https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/ekgsc... --- In this lecture, EKG is going to cover an introduction to pharmacology and introduce you to one of the fundamental concepts, which is pharmacodynamics. It's the study of how drugs produce their biological effects and how drugs will affect the different systems of the body. In other words, what does the drug do to the body? Table of Contents: 0:00 Intro 0:28 Drug Definition 2:25 How Drugs Are Classified 3:00 Drug Nomenclature 5:29 What is Pharmacodynamics? 7:32 Non-Selective Interactions (Antacids & Osmotic Laxatives) 10:17 Drug Actions (Protein Targets For Drug Binding) 11:25 Ion Channels (Voltage & Gated-Ion Channels) 16:52 Drugs That Target Ion Channels 19:25 Carrier Proteins 23:08 Drugs That Target Carrier Proteins 26:48 Enzymes 27:28 Drugs That Target Enzymes 30:10 Receptors For educational purposes only; NOT medical or other advice. Lecture Source: Ritter, J., Flower, R.J., Henderson, G., Yoon Kong Loke and Rang, H.P. (2018). Rang and Dale’s Pharmacology. 9th ed. Endinburgh: Elsevier. #pharmacodynamics #pharmacology #ekgscience