ADME Flashcards

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What is a drug?

A

chemical substance that affects physiological function in the body

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2
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why are drugs administered?

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to restore homeostasis - process maintaining a constant internal environment despite external changes

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3
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Define pharmacodynamics.

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what the drug dose to the body

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4
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Define pharmacokinetics.

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what the body does to the drug

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5
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What is bioavailiablity?

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fraction of administered dose dose of intact drug that reaches systemic circulation

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6
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what does bioavailability depend one?

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absorption

metabolism

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7
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What is absorption?

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extent to which the intact drug is absorbed from the gut into circulation

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8
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Drugs cross through a bio-membrane via what?

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Paracellular
- conective absorption

Transcellular

  • passive diffusion
  • facilitated diffusion
  • active transport
  • ion-pair absorption
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9
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Describe conective absorption

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  • small molecules e.g. water urea

- sieving effect - if molecule is small enough, ti will pass through small pores

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10
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Describe passive diffusion

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  • non-charged species

- down a concentration gradient

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11
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Describe facilitated diffusion

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  • Spontaneous passage of molecules/ions e.g. Na+/glucose using ion channel/carrier proteins
  • small/charged molecules
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12
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Describe active transport

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  • molecules transported AGAINST concentration gradient using ATP
  • structurally specific to carrier molecules
  • Na+/K+ ATPase - Na+ OUT , K+ IN
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13
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Describe ion pair absorption

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  • ionised compounds form complexes with oppositely charges ions resulting in neutral species
  • move through membrane as a pair
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14
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State Lipinski’s rule

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  • Log P <5
  • Mw <500amu
  • MAX 10 HBAS
  • MAX 5 HBDs

Polar drugs that break these rules are poorly absorbed

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15
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State Fick’s Law

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Rate of diffusion is directly proportional to the membrane SA concentration gradient is inversely proportional to membrane thickness

  • If A (SA) increase
  • If C2/C1 increase = faster drug absorption
  • If P increase
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16
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What is pH partition hypothesis

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If pH differs on either side of membrane, the drug will be ionised to different extents

17
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What does hydrophilicity mean?

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drugs must be in solution to be absorbed

18
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what does lipophilicity mean?

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drugs need to reach active site and cross membrane

19
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Define partition coefficient.

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equilibrium between 2 phases depends on affinity for each

  • If P increase - drug highly lipophilic
  • influenced by - temp and solvent
20
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Describe the simple partition law

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Ratio of conc between phases is not the same as predicted for unionised drug

  • ionised in aq layer
  • unionised in aq and org

Papp = Ptrue x fu

Papp = apparent P at pH
Ptrue - P of unionised drug

21
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What is the distribution equation?

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Vd = Q/Cp

Q - total amount of drug in body
Cp - plasma drug conc
Vd - measure of a drug’s tendency to move from blood plasma to another site

22
Q

Equilibrium depends on what?

A

P
pH
permeability

23
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Describe Evan’s blue dye

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high affinity for plasma albumin that enters intravascular space

  • Vd measures plasma volume
  • Assess permeability of BBB to macromolecules
  • When BBB compromised, albumin bound Evan’s blue enters CNS
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What does the amount of protein bound drugs depend on?

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free drug conc
protein conc
drug affinity for binding site

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What are the effects of extensive plasma protein binding?
- increase amount of drug absorbed | - increased competition for protein binding sites
26
Describe drug metabolism.
- aids elimination in liver and kidney - detoxification - metabolism introduces hydrophilic functionality - excretion in urine results in loss of pharmacological activity - increase therapeutic action
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When the If rate of metabolism decreases what happens?
- increase intensity + duration of drug action | - increased amount of parent drug in plasma - increases toxicity
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When the If rate of metabolism increases when happens?
- decrease intensity and duration | - increase toxicity due to production of toxic metabolites
29
Describe Phase I drug metabolism
Introduces polar functional groups to molecules and provides site for Phase II Oxidation (+ O atom) - oxidases located in liver - enzyme - CYP450
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Describe the enzyme CYP450
induction/inhibtion of metabolism of one drug by co-admin of another
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What does a CYP450 inducer do and give an example?
- increase activity - rate of metabolism increase example - carbamazepine
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What does a CYP450 inhibitor do and give an example?
- decreases activity - rate of metabolism decreases example - erythromycin
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Describe Phase II drug metabolism
Detoxification Attach polar molecules to Phase I metabolites via transferases increase hydrophilicity - increase H-bonding via -OH groups - conjugated excreted in bite liberating free drug Via conjugated reaction - most common - glucuronic acid - sulphate - glycine - glucathione - methyl - acetyl