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SEC TION II Pharmacology

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“One pill makes you larger, and one pill makes you small.” `Pharmacokinetics and
—Grace Slick Pharmacodynamics 230

“I was under medication when I made the decision not to burn the tapes.” `Autonomic Drugs 236
—Richard Nixon
`Toxicities and
“I wondher why ye can always read a doctor’s bill an’ ye niver can read his Side Effects 248
purscription.”
—Finley Peter Dunne `Miscellaneous 253
“One of the first duties of the physician is to educate the masses not to
take medicine.”
—William Osler

Preparation for pharmacology questions is straightforward. Know all the
mechanisms, clinical use, and important adverse effects of key drugs and
their major variants. Obscure derivatives are low-yield. Learn their classic
and distinguishing toxicities as well as major drug-drug interactions.
Reviewing associated biochemistry, physiology, and microbiology
concepts can be useful while studying pharmacology. The exam has a
strong emphasis on ANS, CNS, antimicrobial, and cardiovascular agents
as well as on NSAIDs, which are covered throughout the text. Specific
drug dosages or trade names are generally not testable. The exam may
use graphs to test various pharmacology content, so make sure you are
comfortable interpreting them.

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