Heart Drug Interactions is designed as an instructional tool for the purpose of teaching how certain drugs activate different processes in the body and how they affect different metabolic functions. Text, animations, and 3D models have been incorporated into the program.
Animations show the effect of a drug on different metabolic indicators as the dosage increases.
Three-dimensional models are used to give the user a feel for the complexity of the drugs and to provide a frame of reference for how the drugs produce a desired response in the cardiovascular system. A view of the 3D model of a generic artery with smooth muscle around it. You can see the receptors hilighted within it. A closeup of the receptors in an arterial wall that interact with the heart-drugs described in the program. A frame from one of the movies that shows the general effect a drug has on the urinary system.