Syllabus · Current · V5 (2025) · Concepts in Pharmacology
B3 · Variability of Drug Response
B3.vii · Isomerism
Explain isomerism and its clinical importance with examples.
Written examination
SAQ history
Enantiomerism
1 exam appearance
What are drug enantiomers? (20% of marks). Explain the clinical relevance of enantiomerism (60% of marks). Give a clinically relevant example (20% of marks).
41%
Oral examination
VIVA history
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