COCO Study Guide Flashcards
MAC Additive properties
drug effects sum together
Racemic Mixture
When 2 enantiomers are present in equal proportions. Thiopental and etomidate are racemic mixtures.
Synergism
When 2 drugs interact to produce a greater effect than the some total of the 2 drug’s effects.
Division of cardiac output - Central Compartment
Central compartment gets rapid uptake of drug and includes intravascular fluid, and highly perfused tissues such as the brain, heart, lungs, kidneys, and liver.
The central compartment receives 75% of CO and makes up 10% of body mass.
Division of cardiac output - Peripheral Compartment
Peripheral compartment gets slower uptake and includes less vascular tissues like fat, bone, and inactive skeletal muscle.
pH for ionization
Basic drugs will ionize at a ph lower than their pK values, while acidic drugs will ionize at a pH greater than their pK.
pKa
The pH at which a molecule or drug is 50% ionized
Pharmacokinetics
What the body does to drugs
Absorption, distribution, metabolism, elimination. Combined with drug dosing, pharmacokinetics determines concentration of drug at its target.
Pharmacodynamics
What drugs do to the body
Study of intrinsic sensitivity or responsiveness of receptors to a drug and mechanisms by which these effects occur.
Agonist
A drug that produces its clinical effect by binding to a receptor and activating it.
Direct Agonist
Binds directly to the receptor to trigger a physiological response
Indirect Agonist
Produces its effect by increasing the endogenous substrate (NT or hormone)
Antagonist
Drugs that bind to receptors without activating them and simultaneously prevents agonists from stimulation said receptor.
Competitive Antagonist
A receptor inhibitor that competes for binding sites. Can be overcome by increasing the concentration of the agonist to out compete.
Non-Competitive Antagonist
A receptor inhibitor that cannot be overcome by increasing concentration of agonist (irreversible).
Hyperactive
unusually low doses that produce pharmacological effect
Hypersensitive
Allergy to a drug or substrate
Hyporeactive
Tolerant of said drug, requiring large doses to evoke effects
Tachyphylaxis
Tolerance that develops acutely with only a few doses
Prodrug
Molecule that is not pharmacologically active until after it has been metabolized and transformed.
Antagonistic Effect
When 2 drugs interact to produce an effect lesser than the sum of the 2 drugs.
Midazolam (First Pass Metabolism)
Midazolam given PO undergoes first pass metabolism. Midazolam given IV doesn’t undergo first pass metabolism.
Flumazenil Metabolism
Flumazenil is a specific, competitive antagonist of benzodiazepines. It has a shorter half life than benzodiazepines which can result in a resedation effect after it is metabolized. It is metabolized by hepatic enzymes which account for the quickness.
Midazolam Drug Interacions
Benzos exert a synergistic sedative effect on other CNS depressants including alcohol, barbiturates, opioids, and inhaled and injected anesthetics. It is especially potentiative of ventilatory depressant effects of opioids.