12-15 - Bioavailability & Clearance Flashcards
Bioavailability
F
- Fraction of dose that reaches systemic circulation (the heart)
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Absolute Bioavailability
- If the other dosage form is IV
- varies between 0 - 1
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Relative Bioavilability
- If the refrence dosage form is something other than IV
- Ex. Tablet relative to solution
Oral Bioavailability
F
- AUC/Dose for oral divided by AUC/Dose for IV
- AUC is proportional to dose in linear kinetics
- Determinants of F
- Intestinal Absorption = FA
- Hepatic Metabolism = FH
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Intestinal metabolism = FG
- insignificant for most drugs
- ~some CYP450 in gut but insig.
- First pass effect - significant loss of drug during first pass through liver after ORAL admin.
LOW F is due to?
HIGH hepatic metabolism
(EH) –> ( FH = 1-E<strong>H</strong> )
POOR Intestinal Absorption
(FA)
Drug with poor dissolution
+
Anticholinergic
- Digoxin = poor dissolution drug
- Anticholinergic –> INCREASE retention time
- –> INCREASE extent of absorption
- –> INCREASE AUCpo of digoxin
- –> INCREASE F (bioavailability of digoxin)
Well absorbed drug
+
Prokinetic drug
- Acetaminophen = well-absorbed~complete absorption
- Prokinetic –> INCREASE GI motility
- –> INCREASE rate of absorption
- drug simply is just absorbed faster, no more of it is absorbed
- –> does not change AUCpo
- drug is already well absorbed so AUC nor F change
- –> INCREASE rate of absorption
Hapatic Metabolism
Enzyme Inducer
- Expression of hepatic CYP enzymes can be induced by drugs such as rifampin
- __Drug –> MORE ENZYMES
- –> LESS drug is absorbed
- more drug is metabolized hepatically
Hepatic Metabolism
Enzyme Inhibitor
- CYP enzyme function can be impaired by drugs such as Cimetidine
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less enzymes to metablize the drug
- –> MORE drug is absorbed
Plasma
- We measure drug concentration in PLASMA
- Liquid component of blood, which blood cells are suspended
- ~55% of blood volume
- Contain vital proteins
- Fibrinogen
- Globulin
- Albumin
- Most drugs are found in plasma (bound or free)
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Special drugs bind to RBC
- ex. tacrolimus / cyclosporine
Plasma Concentration
vs
Blood Concentration
Cb/Cp = 0.5-0.6
- if drug does not bind to blood cells, this ratio sits between 0.5-0.6
- tacrolimus & cyclosporine have a ratio >15
- If you measure Clearance of Plasma Vs Blood
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only thing different is the Vd
- Volume of distribution changes because there is a different amount of blood vs plasma
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only thing different is the Vd
- For most drugs (that distribute in plasma)
- ClB > CL
- Because Cl = kel x Vd
CL vs AUC
CLEARANCE** IS I**NVERSELY** RELATED TO **AUC
CLoral = Doseoral / AUCoral = CL/F
- If the clearance of a drug INCREASES
- –> AUC decreases
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Large CL<strong>oral</strong> may indicate FASTER drug elimination
- and/or poor bioavailability
Clearance = Elimination
CL = CLHepatic + CLRenal
- Theoretically, systemic clearance is the sum of all the organs clearances
- BUT the Liver & the Kidney are the major organs.
- Most drugs are eliminated by metabolism
- –> Metabolites go to the URINE
- Some drugs are unchanged in the urine.
fe
fraction excreted unchanged into the urine
fe = Total drug excreted unchanged (AEinf) / Dose
= CLR / CL
CLR = CL x fe
- if 100% of a drug is found in the urine as metabolites*
- then the fe of the drug is ZERO*
Hepatic Extraction Ratio
EH
- Fraction of Drug eliminated by liver during single pass
- efficiency of liver to eliminate a drug
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Range from 0-1
- __1 = complete metabolism
- drug dependent parameter
EH = CLH / QH
High EH drugs > 0.7
Low EH drugs < 0.3
Hepatic Clearance
CLH
CLH = EH x QH
QH = Hepatic Plasma Flow (L/min)
- Volume of plasa from which a drug is completely eliminated by the liver PER UNIT TIME
- Values range from 0-QH
*
Low EH Drugs
< 0.3
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Theophylline
- intermediate protein binding
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Warfarin
- 99% protein binding
- Increasing free fraction of warfarin
- has SIGNIFICANT effects on its EH
CLH = fu x CLint
High EH Drugs
> 0.7
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Verapamil
- 90% - high protein binding
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Increasing free fraction of verapamil
- –> INSIGNIFICANT effects on EH
CLH = QH
Intrinsic Clearance
CLint
CLint = Vmax / Km
- Reflects the natural ability of the liver to metabolize a drug
- INDEPENDENT OF BINDING RESTRICTIONS
- Values >0, no upper limit
- Drugs of LARGE CLint = Good Substrates
- Rapidly Metabolized by the liver when drugs are in unbound form
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Drugs of SMALL CLint = BAD SUBSTRATE
- Take longer to be metabolized even when the drugs are in unbound form
- Calculated from IN VITRO experiments (involve liver tissue)
Enzyme Inducers
INCREASE CLint of Interacting drugs
INDUCE protein expression of metabolizing enzymes
–> drugs metabolized more, lower AUC & F
ex. phenobarbital / rifampin