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Exam 3

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study of adverse effects of chemicals in living organisms   toxicology  
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agent that can cause a deleterious response in a biological system   poison  
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toxic substances produced by biological systems   toxin  
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toxic substances produced by or are by-products of anthropogenic activities (man's activity) (exogenous)   toxicant  
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compound found in an organism but not normally produced by or expected to be present in that organism   xenobiotic  
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three approaches to toxicology (subject areas)   mechanistic, descriptive, regulatory  
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specialties (practice areas in toxicology)   food, analytical/forensic, clinical, occupational, regulatory, environmental  
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specialized areas of application:   risk assessment and toxicogenomics  
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Field that identifies and understands cellular, biochemical, and molecular mechanisms causing toxic effects (work in labs ; work at the bench)   Mechanistic  
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data from these studies are used in risk assessment, design and production of safer alternative chemicals, therapy for poisonings, treatment of disease; contributes to knowledge of basic physiology pharmacology, cell biology and biochem (basic science)   Mechanistic  
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Field that describes gross toxic responses using in vitro and in vivo systems   descriptive toxicology  
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data from these studies used for safety eval. for human health and environmental risk assessments, provides a starting point for elucidating mechanisms   Descriptive  
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science of determining if drugs and chemicals are safe for use... use information from descriptive and mechanistic toxicity data and epidemiology data (PAPER scientist)   Regulatory toxicology  
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process to evaluate the potential for adverse health or environmental effects from exposure to naturally occuring or synthetic agents; includes estimate of probability of harm and description of assumptions and uncertainties that go into it   Risk Assessment  
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its goal is to provide risk managers with a rational basis for making decisions about managing the use of chemicals or physical gents to protect health and the environment   Risk Assessment  
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emerging sub-discipline of toxicology ; contibute to DNA; data from these techniques are descriptive but also provide info on mechanisms   Toxicogenomics  
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hybrid of analytical chemistry and toxicological principles   forensics toxicology  
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area of medicine concerned with disease caused by or uniquely associated with toxic substances   clinical toxicology  
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applies the principles and methodology of toxicology to chemical and biological hazards in the workplace   occupational toxicology  
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they work to set levels for safe exposures to: environmental contaminants, food additives, medicinals   Regulatory toxicology  
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concerned with impacts of pollutants on nonhuman organisms and human health   environmental technology  
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specialized areas of environmental toxicology; focuses on impacts of toxic substances on population dynamics in ecosystem   ecotoxicology  
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three things importnant in environmental toxicology   transport, fate, and interactions  
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when was the american association of poison control centers formed   1958  
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exam for toxicology is administered by__________ and taken to become _________   AACT (american academy of clinical toxicology); DABAT (diplomat of american board of applied toxicology)  
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to become CSPI (certified specialist in poison info) ....   need 2000 hrs of logged calls and 2000 hrs of other... take it every 7 years  
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no toxic effect unless poison:   reaches sensitive site, site at concentration sufficient to produce effect, reaches site for length of time sufficient to prod. effect (SITE, CONCENTRATION, TIME)  
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occurrence of toxic effect is dependent on:   chemical/physical properties, exposure, metabolized, concentration, susceptibility  
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adverse effects from meds due to:   genetic predisposition, nonselective action, inappropriate use or admin  
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main reason drugs pulled from market   drug TOXICITY  
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2 offices in charge of drug safety in FDA   office in drug safety ; drug safety oversight board  
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TOCP (triorthocresylphosphate)   inhibits neuropathy target esterase so binds irreversible (delayed effect) --> 3-5 days later you get tingling and lose ability to move  
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when combined effect is equal to sum of the two compounds given alone   additive  
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when combined effect is much greater than the sum of the effects of each given alone   synergistic  
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when one subs. does not have a toxic effect but when added to another makes second compound more toxic than it would be alone   potentiation  
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when two compounds together interfere with each other's effect   antagonism  
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decreased responsiveness to a toxic effect resulting from prior exposuure to a chemical or strucutrally related compound   tolerance  
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less of a toxic agent reaching its target   dispositional tolerance  
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receptor expression repression   reduced responsiveness  
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principles of toxicology   source, exposure, ADME, Dose, MOA, endpoint(target)  
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exposure for 1 month or less   subacute  
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exposure for 1-3 months   subchronic  
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exposure for more than 3 months   chronic  
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less than 24 hour exposure   acute  
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