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Drug Absorption into blood Flashcards

1
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What 2 ways do drugs move around the body

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1- bulk flow: move in blood often bound to proteins like albumin

2- diffusion: across barriers such as cellular membranes

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Which type of drug can freely move across barriers

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Unionised/lipid soluble (from high to low conc)

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3
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How do water soluble drugs cross barriers/membrane

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Aqueous channels

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4
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How can drugs move across via carrier proteins

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Either passively down electrochemical gradient OR using ATP binding cassettes from low to high conc

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5
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What is drug administration into the skin called and where does it go

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Percutaneous

Drug goes straight to plasma

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6
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Which way of administration causes 100% of the drug to enter the plasma

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Intravenous (into vein)

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7
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What route do oral or rectal administration take

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To the gut where they can enter blood or liver via portal vein

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8
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Where does drug go after the gut if not to the plasma to be excreted

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Kidney and then excreted as urine or faeces

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9
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What is administration into muscle called

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Intramuscular

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10
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What is intrathecal administration

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Into cerebrospinal fluid

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11
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Is inhalation a way of administration?

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Yes , Gas or powder

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12
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What is the word given to drug moving into cell and out of cell

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Into cell = influx

Out of cell = efflux

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13
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Which route is best for steady state absorption

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Percutaneous/dermal (skin)

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14
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When are 4 times injections used

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When drugs are poorly absorbed

Fast metabolism of drug in gut

For fast action

Dose control required

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15
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What is a single injection and constant injection called

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Single = bolus

Constant = infusion

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16
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What are 3 types of injection

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Intravenous (fast response)

Intramuscular (slow diffusion)

Subcutaneous (skin injection)

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17
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How are intramuscular injections taken

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Through depot injection which is oil based for slow diffusion

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18
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With oral administration it goes to the gastrointestinal tract

Which part of the tract isn’t site of absorption

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Stomach - ph is too acidic it would ionise drug

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19
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What are 3 adaptations of the small intestine good for absorption by oral intake

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1- microvilli = increase SA

2- vascularised- good blood supply

3- enterocytes which contain transporters for drugs

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20
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Which carriers do enterocytes have to the gut lumen or to the blood

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Passive channels

Atp binding cassettes for efflux against conc gradient

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21
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What is bad about enterocytes

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They contain metabolic enzymes which can degrade drug before it’s passed into the blood

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22
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Where do drugs influx to from the enterocytes in small intestine

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Into blood stream then to liver via portal system

23
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Why do drugs sometimes efflux out of gut wall into the gut lumen again

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To stop body from harmful substances by the drug so it can be excreted to the kidney

24
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why is the liver a bad place for drugs to go from the gut wall

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Because it is site of metabolism like enterocytes are

Can affect drug absorption

25
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What is the drugs called which don’t get metabolised by the liver by first pass metabolism and where do they go

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Bioavailable drugs

Go to the systemic circulation

26
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What is enterohepatic recirculation

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Where drugs from the liver to back to the gut and to the gut wall to restart the cycle

27
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Name some first pass metabolised drugs

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Aspirin , propanolol, lidocaine

28
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What are 2 gastrointestinal routes other than oral which stop first pass metabolism

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1- sublingual (spray under tongue into circulation)

2- rectal suppositories

29
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Why does rectal administration only stop 2/3 of first pass metabolism

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The superior vein in the rectum goes to the portal vein and then to the liver for first pass metabolism

30
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What are 5 ways of administration which aren’t gastrointestinal (don’t get metabolised first pass)
= PARENTRAL

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Inhalation (powder or gas)

Cornea

Nasal (spray)

Vaginal

Transdermal (skin patch)

31
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Why is vaginal administration not always good for absorption

A

Ph can change for example in menstruation

Changes the ionisation of the drug

32
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Give an example of transdermal parentral administration

A

Stick on patches for hormone therapy

33
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What are 6 factors affecting drug absorption

A 
Size of drug 
Membrane permeability 
Skin hydration - better if hydrated
Pka of drug
Metabolism of drug 
Lipid solubility of drug (better if so)
34
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Why is ph affecting crossing of the membrane

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Because if ionised then they can’t be lipid soluble

35
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When are acidic drugs ionised so can’t pass membrane

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When in alkali conditions

36
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When are alkaline drugs ionised

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When in acidic conditions

37
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What is it called exploiting ph of drug to cause excretion

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Ion trapping

38
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Why does solubility of drug in water cause increased levels of absorption in GI tract

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They can pass through aqueous channels at the enterocytes

39
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What are the 4 classes of drug

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Class 1- high water solubility and high permeability (unionised)

Class 2- low water solubility but high permeability (unionised)

Class 3- high water solubility but low membrane permeability

Class 4- low solubility and permeability

40
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Why is class 2 excreted before entering GI tract

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Because they can’t be solulised in the GI tract

41
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Why is class 3 high in conc at the GI tract but low absorption

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Because it has high solubility increasing its conc in Gi tract but can’t pass the membrane due to being ionised

42
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How does gastric motility affect absorption if a drug is taken orally

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If they have slow gastric motility the affect of the drug will also be slow

43
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Why would too fast gastric motility cause lack of absorption

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It would be excreted before being absorbed into the gut wall

44
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Why would taking drugs with food increase absorption/ rapid response

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Because it will increase flow of digestive system

45
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What on drugs affect it’s ability to be absorbed

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The capsule

46
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What is Cmax and Tmax

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Cmax = max concentration of drug in plasma

Tmax = time of max conc in plasma

47
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How would you calculate total drug exposure

A

Split area under curve into trapeziums then do

average plasma conc x time interval of the area

Add all together

48
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How would you calculate bioavailability of the drug

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(Exposure orally / exposure intravenous(100%))

X

(Dose of intravenous / dose of oral)

49
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What is Ka

A

Rate of absorption

50
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What does a lower Tmax mean for Ka

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Lower Tmax(time of max conc) = higher Ka (rate of absorption)

51
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What are you trying to achieve when taking repeated doses orally compared to fast IV

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Steady state

52
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What is C0

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Concentration in circulation at time O due to immediate distribution (one compartment model)

53
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How do you work out C0 (conc at time 0)

A

Dose / Vd

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