Aerosol Delivery Flashcards
Factors of pharmacokinetics
Absorption
Distribution
Metabolism
Elimination
Factors that affect Absorption
Drug pH
Fat solubility
Contact time
Drug concentration
Food in stomach
Routes of administration
Enteral
Parenteral
Percutaneous or mucosal
Enteral
Direct entry into GI, oral, sublingual, buccal, rectal
Parenteral
Administered IV
Percutaneous or mucosal
Through skin or mucous membrane
Transdermal
Intrathecal
Inhalation
Topical
Vaginal
Urethral
Bioavailability?
How much medication makes it to the systemic circulation
Distribution
Site of action
Impeded
Facilitated
Reasons for Impeded drug
Drug bound to protein
Drugs that cannot pass through cell membrane
Enterally delivered drugs metabolized before able to act by liver (first-pass effect)
Facilitated (factors)
Lipid-soluble meds pass capillaries easier
They can pass blood-brain barrier
Half-life?
How long it takes for half the drug to be metabolized
Effects of liver and or kidney disease on metabolism?
The drug will have a prolong effect on the body until metabolized.
What happens during bio transformations?
Drugs are converted into water-soluble, in active forms. (Mostly liver)
What organs play a role in elimination
Chiefly: Kidneys
Lesser: Liver
Accessory means of elimination
Breath
Saliva
Sweat
Lab values for monitoring Kidney elimination values
Creatinine and glomerular filtration rate