Funny and Creative Mind Maps & Mnemonics that really help you better understand the magic and abstract medical world. Specially for USMLE Step1 students... Don't forget to buy your First Aid Step 1 Book, watch the videos with your Fantabolous MindMaps printed. Enjoy this blog!
Q: A 42-year-old patient is taking paroxetine for depression. As a part of a clinical trial, the patient is given serial doses of a noncompetitive serotonin receptor antagonist in addition to paroxetine. What will be the effect on the graded dose-response curve for paroxetine?
A: Shifted downward because of a decrease in efficay (effect).
Q: A 42-year-old patient is taking paroxetine for depression. As a part of a clinical trial, the patient is given serial doses of a noncompetitive serotonin receptor antagonist in addition to paroxetine. What will be the effect on the graded dose-response curve for paroxetine?
ReplyDeleteA: Shifted downward because of a decrease in efficay (effect).