D&D Unit 1 Flashcards
Bioavailability
F; %; amount of drug absorbed; extent of absorption
Vd
L/kg; an abstract volume; inverse to drug in plasma (High Vd means drug is elsewhere)
CL
ml/min/kg; clearance; Rin=Rout;
CL=[DOSE/tau]/Cpss
Ke
1/hrs; change in Cp with time; from slope of lnCp vs time
t1/2
hrs; =.693/Ke
first order elimination
fraction eliminated; half life; 4-5 half lives to reach steady state
zero order elimination
elimination of a constant amount per time
pharmacology
interactions of drugs with biological systems
pharmacotherapy
right drug, right does, interact with right drug target to produce desired therapeutic effects;
prevention, diagnosis, treatment or cure of disease
pharmacokinetic
what the body does to the drug;
absorption, distribution, metabolism, excretion
pharmacodynamic
receptor binding, signal transduction, physiological effect
Cp
plasma concentration
Cp vs time graph determines ***
pharmacokinetics
MEC
minimum effective concentration
time to steady state
4-5 half lives
Rate of absorption ***
estimated as peak Cp or time to attain peak Cp; Tmax or Cmax
physiology
identify potential targets
pathophysiology
how the target should be manipulated
pharmacology
select appropriate drug for disease
absorption
passage of drug from site of durg administration into blood
distribution
movement of the drug from bloodstream to tissues
side effects
drug target at non-target system (therapeutic doses)