Drug Disposition and Pharmacokinetics Flashcards
Qualitative description of how the body handles the drug; includes how the drug is absorbed, where it is distributed, how it’s metabolized, and how it is eliminated in the body
Drug disposition
Quantitative description of drug disposition
Pharmacokinetics (PK)
Parameters that describe drug disposition
Absorption, distribution, metabolism, excretion (ADME)
Drug must be present at adequate concentration at its site of action to produce a pharmacological effect. (T/F)
True.
Route of administration and the conditions at the route of administration:
Absorption
Route influences extent and speed that drug is absorbed, thus influencing what?
The efficiency of therapeutic effect
Major site of oral drug absorption:
Intestine
Oral route of drug administration have what issues
?
slower rate of absorption and subject to LIVER FIRST-PASS METABOLISM
Bypasses first pass metabolism:
Parenteral (“beyond” the alimentary tract) - injection, inhalation, intranasal
Quicker absorption –>
quicker time to effect (intravenous, inhalation, sublingual, intramuscular, subcutaneous, rectal, oral, transdermal)
Fraction of the dose of unchanged drug that reaches systemic circulation by any route
Bioavailability
Drugs give by IV have bioavailability of what? Other routes will be what?
IV = 100%, other = <100%
For routes other than IV, bioavailability depends on:
Chemical form of drug, contact time with the absorbing surface, presence of drug metabolizing enzymes and efflux transporters can change or eliminate the drug before it reaches the systemic circulation
Drug has to ENTER circulation after administration:
Absorption
Drug has to traverse WITHIN the body:
Distribution
Drug has to move INTO liver and hepatocytes:
Metabolism
Drug/metabolites must be ELIMINATED:
Excretion
Mechanisms by which drugs are transported after administration:
- passive transfer
2. carrier-mediated transport
Passive transfer consists of:
- bulk flow (filtration)
2. passive diffusion
Carrier-mediated transfer consists of:
- facilitated diffusion
- active transport
- receptor-mediated endocytosis
Passage of compounds through intercellular pores:
Bulk Flow (peripheral capillaries and kidney)
Passage of drugs by dissolving into and diffusing across lipid membranes:
Passive Diffusion
What is the most important transport processes?
Passive diffusion; most drugs are targeted for the enteral route that utilizes passive diffusion as a primary mechanism for absorption.
Properties of molecules that cross by passive diffusion:
- uncharged, non-ionized
2. lipid soluble (lipophilic or hydrophobic)
Measured by the distribution in an immiscible mixture of an organic-aqueous solvent:
Lipophilicity
The greater the permeability, the greater the lipophilicity. (T/F)
True.
Diffusion of drug from a high to low gradient is known as which law?
Fick’s 1st law of diffusion
Most drugs are small molecular weight organic acids or bases that exist just as ionized forms. (T/F)
False. they exist in both ionized and non-ionized forms
Neutral molecule which can reversibly dissociate into an anion to yield a proton
Acidic Drug