Clinical Pharmacology in Renal Disease Flashcards
How does renal disease affect clinical pharmacology?
If renal function is impaired then there will be a rapid build up of:
- active drug
- toxic or active metabolites
If the drug or metabolites have a high therapeutic index or low toxicity then no problem -Benzylpenicillin
In renal disease, if the drug or its metabolites have a narrow therapeutic index, what happens?
then toxicity or death
- gentamicin may cause renal or ototoxicity
- digoxin may cause arrhythmia, nausea or death
- lithium renal toxicity and death
- tacrolimus renal and CNS toxicity
Renal function may have a dramatic influence on the ______________ or ________________ of the drugs we use
pharmacokinetics
pharmacodynamics
why do we worry about renal disease?
Patients in hospital are:
- Sick
- Volume depleted
- Hypotensive
- Prescribed a large number of potentially reno-toxic agents
All factors interact to generate de novo renal impairment or worsen pre existing renal impairment / toxicity
Drug-induced nephrotoxicity is common in who?
Infants, young children and the elderly
Patients with underlying renal dysfunction or cardiovascular disease
What things can drugs cause to the kidneys?
Drugs can cause acute renal injury, intra-renal obstruction, interstitial nephritis, nephrotic syndrome, and acid-base and fluid electrolytes disorders
what is the mechanisms of renal excresion?
Glomerular filtration
Passive tubular reabsorption
Active tubular secretion
- Glomerular filtration
- Passive tubular reabsorption
- Active tubular secretion
Changes in any of these parameters due to disease, age or drug therapy will automatically change what?
drug pharmaokinetics and pharmacodynamics
glomerular filtration - All drugs and their metabolites are _______ at the _________
Renal impairment will prolong the _______ of all drugs or their metabolites cleared by this route
filtered
glomerulus
half-life
Prolongation of half-life means what?
care when using drugs with a low therapeutic index in the presence of renal impairment
Half-life with Impaired Renal Function
what are the pharmacokinetic effects of impaired renal function?
- A reduction in GFR reduces clearance of drugs by the kidney resulting in accumulation
- Protein binding is also reduced - More unbound drug
- The net result is you must:
- REDUCE DOSAGE
- Increase dose interval
- TDM Monitor blood levels for toxic drugs like gentamicin, lithium, digoxin, vancomycin
what are the Pharmacodynamic Effects of impaired renal function?
• Renal disease alters the actions of drugs on the tissues:
- The blood brain barrier becomes permeable
- the brain becomes more sensitive to tranquillisers, sedatives and opiates
- Circulatory volume may be reduced making the patient sensitive to antihypertensive agents ACEIs or a-blockers
- There may be an increased tendency to bleed beware warfarin or NSAIDs
what ar ethe toxic effect of drugs in someone with impaired renal function?
In patients with renal disease the direct nephrotoxic actions of drugs are synergistic
- gentamicin toxicity may be unmasked when used in conjunction with furosemide or lithium
Renal Impairment may lead to what?
• Dramatic alterations in pharmacokinetics
- Increased t1/2
- Build up of drug or metabolites
- Decrease in protein binding. So more free drug available
• Alteration in Pharmacodynamics
- Increased sensitivity to pharmacological action
- Increased sensitivity to toxicity and ADRs
• Increased sensitivity to the toxic effects of combined therapy
What Should We Do?
•We need to know:
– drugs which may be used safely when eGFR ↓
–and which drugs have a narrow therapeutic index
•Realise the importance of:
–reducing loading dose and maintenance dose
–and increasing the dosing interval
•The importance of TDM, and monitoring renal function and blood pressure during the course of treatment
Impaired Renal Function and Prescribing?
What should you consider?
Risk/benefit ratio
Severity of possible side effects
Severity of toxicity
the availability of TDM
Impaired Renal Function and Prescribing?
what should you do?
reduce the dose of drug
change the dosing frequency
change the drugs
Ideally if a patient suffers from renal impairment we should use drugs which……
have a high therapeutic index and
are metabolised by the liver with the production of non-toxic metabolites
can drugs caused induced renal disease?
- Adverse drug reactions affecting the kidneys are a common cause of morbidity and mortality especially in hospitalised patients
- Toxic renal effects often remain silent until too late
The _____ is particularly vulnerable to drugs and other agents that cause renal damage
Any drug in the blood will eventually reach _____
May potentially cause _________ renal failure
If the drug is primarily cleared by the kidney, it will be increasingly _________ as it is moves from the glomerulus and along the renal tubules
The concentrated drug exposes the kidney tissue to far greater drug ___________ per surface area
kidney
kidneys
drug-induced
concentrated
concentration