Drug Disposition I Flashcards
Rate of passive lipid diffusion depends on (3)
- concentration gradient (affected by blood flow)
- surface area
- lipophilicity
2 major classes of drug transporters:
Most drugs transported by which one?
Uptake
Efflux
Efflux
SLC transporters co-transport solutes like sodium. What type of transporter is this?
uptake
ABC transporters use ATP is an example of what transporter?
efflux
pump things out of the cell
Most drugs are ____ electrolytes.
weak
Ionized forms of chemicals do penetrate lipid membranes. True or false?
false
do not
Degree of drug ionization: (2)
pKa–intrinisic property of drug
pH of surrounding medium
weak acids: mainly ionized at pH __ pKa.
weak bases: mainly ionized at pH __ pKa
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The nonionized form is free to be absorbed across the gastric epithelial cell layer. Once it reaches the plasma, it encounters a pH that is now above its pKa. Therefore, aspirin will now be mostly in the ionized form. The rapid ionization of aspirin in the plasma maintains the concentration gradient of the diffusible (nonionized) form of aspirin, and diffusion will continue until equilibrium is reached. Thus, the total amount of aspirin at equilibrium (which never occurs in reality, this is only a conceptual example) will be 8000-fold higher in the high pH compartment. This is known as ___ ____.
ion trapping
What type of tissue contains :
tight junctions
lipid diffusion only
gastrointestinal epithelium
Molecules cross ______ endothelial cell layer by:
- Transcellular diffusion
- Aqueous diffusion
- Receptor-mediated endocytosis/pinocytosis
Bold = most common
capillaries
Most capillaries are ______: (porous regions within and between cells) admit water-soluble molecules up to 60 kDa via ______ transport.
fenestrated
paracellular
________ capillaries are very leaky and allow RBCs and WBCs to pass
Discontinuous
_______ capillaries have tight junctions (but differ in the degree of pinocytosis)
Continuous
______ is the main drug barrier in the brain.
BBB
Factors affecting oral absorption: (7)
- solubility
- stomach acid
- pH range
- tight junctions, lipid solubility
- surface area
- transport to liver via portal vein and first pass metabolism
- Intestinal motility, gastric emptying, blood flow
Enteral routes of drug administration: (3)
- oral
- sublingual (to avoid first pass metabolism and liver)
- rectal
Parental routes of drug administration: (7)
- IV
- IM
- subcutaneous
- inhalation
- nasal
- transdermal
- topical