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What to consider in regards to absorption?

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  • Rate and extent
  • Route of administration
  • Transport mechanism (depends on characteristics of drug – MW, solubility, polarity, ionization, lipid solubility)
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Define xenobiotic

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External to the body

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Xenobiotic characteristics that affect GI absorption

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  • Physicochemical properties of drug, dosage forms, dissolution profiles
  • Pre-systemic elimination
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Pt characteristics that affect GI absorption

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  • GI motility (gastric emptying time, GI transit time)
  • GI disease (achlorhydria, gastric ulcer, duodenal ulcer, Crohn’s disease)
  • Malnutrition (GI transit time, mucosal atrophy, altered flora)
  • Pregnancy
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How does GI motility affect GI absorption?

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  • If drug stays in stomach for longer time, absorption is delayed and decreased (most often) b/c most drugs absorbed in intestines
  • If GI transit time increased (drug bases through intestine faster), absorption is increased b/c it reaches the intestines faster where it is absorbed
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Describe absorption changes in pregnancy

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  • Increased gastric emptying time (30-50%)
  • Decreased intestinal motility
  • Increased intestinal blood flow
  • Increased gastric pH and buffer capacity
  • *Tendency towards increased absorption, therefore pregnant women may be at increased risk for xenobiotic toxicity; however, factors such as increased cardiac output can increase renal perfusion and thus clearance of some xenobiotics
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Can we effectively alter GI absorption?

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  • Can decrease bioavailability
    • Gastric emptying (emesis, gastric lavage, increase in intestinal motility)
    • Administration of active charcoal (direct intervention on absorption process)
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What is distribution?

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Reversible transfer from systemic circulation to peripheral tissue compartments

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Vd formula

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Vd = F*dose / Co

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What does a large Vd mean?

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  • A large Vd indicates that the xenobiotic resides outside the plasma compartment; in overdose, it can be used to estimate a max plasma concentration when dose is known
  • Drugs w/ large Vd would not be adequately removed by dialysis
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Which protein primarily binds acidic compounds?

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Albumin

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Which protein primarily binds basic compounds?

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Alpha 1-acid-glycoprotein

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Factors affecting distribution

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  • Membrane diffusion principles
  • Affinity for plasma and tissue proteins
  • Acid-base status of pt
  • Physiological barriers
  • Pt characteristics (obesity, age, pregnancy, disease)
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Effect of obesity on Vd and serum concentration for lipophilic and hydrophilic xenobiotics

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  • Lipophilic xenobiotics -> increased Vd, decreased serum levels, and may have decreased toxicity
  • Hydrophilic xenobiotics -> decreased Vd, increased serum levels, and may have increased toxicity
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Significance of increase in body fat for Vd

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Increase in Vd for lipophilic xenobiotics (ex: diazepam)

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Significance of decrease in total body water for Vd

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Decrease in Vd for hydrophilic xenobiotics (ex: aminoglycosides)

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Significance of decrease in plasma albumin for Vd

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Decrease in binding = increase in Fu = increase in toxicity (ex: phenytoin)

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How does hypoalbuminemia affect distribution in pregnancy?

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Decrease binding of acidic drug (salicylic acid, sulfonamides, phenytoin)

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How does increased plasma volume affect distribution in pregnancy?

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Increased Vd for many drugs (ex: increase dose for aminoglycosides)

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How does increased cardiac output affect distribution in pregnancy?

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Increased renal perfusion and output = increased Cl for some drugs

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What remains unchanged during pregnancy w/ regards to distribution?

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Hepatic blood flow

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Effect of renal disease on distribution

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  • Hypoalbuminemia w/ accumulation of endogenous substances that may compete for binding sites
  • Decreased binding of acidic drugs
    • Ex: naproxen => increased Vd and t1/2
    • Ex: phenytoin fraction unbound increases 2-3-fold partly due to decreased binding sites (so doses must be adjusted)
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Can we effectively alter distribution?

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  • Manipulation of pH (salicylates)
    • If alter pH of urine to make more alkaline, can trap salicylates in urine to prevent re-absorption
    • If you can alter the pH of blood, can alter the distribution of salicylates in tissues
  • Chelators (deferoxamine)
  • Use of antibody fragments (digoxin)
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What is clearance and what is the formula?

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  • Clearance = unit of volume per unit of time
  • Cl = Q * ER
  • ER = (Cin - Cout) / Cin
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Factors affecting elimination
- Environmental/ social (smoking, alcohol, diet) - Age - Gender - Disease - Pregnancy - Genetics
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Smoking effect on elimination
- Induction of CYP P450 isoenzymes - - Ex: theophylline -> Cl increases and t1/2 decreases causing serum levels to fall => therapeutic failure - - Second-hand smoke is sufficient to induce enzymes - - NABQI formed from acetaminophen may exceed glutathione stores - - Smoking + malnutrition + alcohol = increased acetaminophen toxicity
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Alcohol effect on elimination
- Acute effects = inhibition of oxidative metabolism immediately after ingestion - Chronic effects = enzyme induction = “metabolic tolerance” (clearance of drugs such as warfarin, meprobamate, and phenytoin increases) - Cirrhosis -> may decrease clearance; however, b/c of enzyme induction no changes may be seen until shunting occurs - - Shunting: hepatic damage leads to obstruction of normal blood flow
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Age effect on elimination
- Influences hepatic function - - Hepatic blood flow decreases 0.5-1.5% per year after age 25 - - Effect on drug metabolism is unclear; however, metabolism of high extraction drugs has been shown to decrease (ex: propranolol) => increased risk for poisoning - Renal blood flow and function also decrease w/ age, as does CrCl, and dose/dosing interval of renally cleared drugs must be adjusted
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Describe the effect of pregnancy on elimination
- Increased estrogen/ progesterone levels may exaggerate sex differences - Estrogen -> inhibits oxidative metabolism and has cholestatic effects (risk for cholecystitis in pregnancy => impaired hepatic elimination of biliary excreted drugs) - Progesterone -> induces microsomal enzymes and may increase clearance of some drugs - Renal blood flow increased => increased renal clearance - Caffeine, diazepam, and metoprolol metabolism may be decreased - - Metoprolol may have an increase in half-life * Note: adjustments made on an individual basis
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Can we effectively alter metabolism?
- Induction of metabolism - - Increase metabolic elimination of a poison (ex: rifampin = inducer of P450) - Inhibition of metabolism - - Decrease production of a toxic metabolite (ex: cimetidine = inhibitor of P450)
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Describe the steps of renal excretion
- Glomerular filtration (non-saturable process) - Tubular secretion (saturable) - Passive tubular reabsorption (non-charged, lipid soluble compounds)
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Can we effectively alter excretion?
- Manipulation of pH (ion trapping; ex: salicylates) - Chelators (deferoxamine) - Multiple-dose activated charcoal - - In the gut, activated charcoal almost works like dialysis b/c it causes the drug to be reabsorbed into the gut & then eliminated - Extracorporeal devices
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Describe excretion in breast milk
- Toxic material may be passed from mother to infant - Excretion occurs by simple diffusion - pH 6.5, ion trap for basic compounds - Differences in affinity to serum proteins vs. milk proteins affect excretion - Drugs w/ longer t1/2 will have greater opportunity to be excreted in milk (ex: diazepam) * *In general, not many drugs accumulate in breast milk & amount that transfers to breast milk is small
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What are toxidromes?
- Group of signs and sx associated w/ a particular agent or toxin - Frequent repeated assessment needed - Individual patient’s response (clinical manifestation) more variable - “Classic” case doesn’t always occur - Monitoring of vital signs important to identify patterns of changes after intervention

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