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Drug Elimination Flashcards

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1
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Drug elimination is essential no matter the route of administration. T/F

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True

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What is elimination?

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The irreversible removal of metabolized and unmetabolized xenobiotics from the body.

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What are the types of elimination?

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Systemic elimination

Pre-systemic elimination

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What is systemic elimination?

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Drug eliminated form systemic circulation.

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What is pre-systemic elimination?

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Drug eliminated before entry into systemic circulation. Drugs eliminated by first pass effect.

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What are the routes of elimination?

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Kidneys/Urine
Bile/Feces
Lungs/Exhalation
Breast Milk
Skin/Sweat
Tears
Hair
Saliva
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What is the primary excretory organ?

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Kidneys

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What is the primary route for polar drugs and metabolites to be eliminated?

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Kidneys

Non-polar drugs(phenytoin) are subject to tubular reabsorption.

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9
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What is the primary route for lipid-soluble drugs plus less polar drugs and metabolites to be eliminated?

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Bile/Feces

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What is the primary route for inhaled anesthetics to be eliminated?

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Lungs

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Why is breast milk clinically important even though it is not a major route of elimination?

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Because drugs can be passed from mother to nursing infant.

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Why is skin/sweat, saliva, or hair clinically important even though it is not a major route of elimination?

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It may be used for monitoring or testing.

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Why is tears clinically important even though it is not a major route of elimination?

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It may be of concern to contact lens wearers.

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What test can be used for hair?

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Psychemedics PDT-90 test to test for marijuana, ecstasy, cocaine, crack, heroin, methamphetamine, phencyclidine (PCP or angel dust) for up to 3 months.

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What are examples of drugs that are eliminated through the kidneys?

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Vancomycin, atenolol, ampillicin (polar drugs with CA and amide)

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Renal excretion is affected by?

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Kidney disease
Glomerular Filtration Rate
Extent of back diffusion (unionized drug) or reabsorption
Active Tubular secretion
Tubular pH
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What needs to be taken in to consideration when a patient has chronic kidney disease (CDK), HBP, or diabetes?

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Certain drugs dose may need to be adjusted.
Aminoglycoside antibiotics (Amikacin, Tobramycin)
Cephalosporin antibiotics (Ceftazidime, Procainamide)
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18
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What elimination occurs through glomerular filtration?

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Low MW (

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19
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What elimination occurs through tubular reabsorption?

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Can be affected by pH change

Un-ionized drug is reabsorbed into plasma (Mostly passive back diffusion)

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20
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What elimination occurs through tubular secretion?

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Kidney & GI OATPs, POTs, PGPs, MRP2 - are involved in Secretion and reabsorption.
Inhibitors/Inducers will impact drug elimination.

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21
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_____ inhibits kidney OATPs which slows elimination of ________.

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Probenecid inhibits kidney OATPs which slows elimination of Penicillins.

22
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What are the transporters in the SLC (solute carrier protein) superfamily?

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Organic anion-transporting polypeptides (OATPs)

Proton-dependent oligopeptide transporters (POTs)

23
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What are the transporters in the ABC (ATP-binding cassette) superfamily?

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P-glycoprotein (PGP/MDR) efflux Pumps
Multidrug Resistance (MRP) efflux Pumps
Breast Cancer Resistance Protein (BCRP)

24
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elimination of ionizable drugs/metabolites can be affected by ______.

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urinary pH

25
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Acidification causes elimination of acidic drugs to ______ while the elimination of basic drugs _______.

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Acidification causes elimination of acidic drugs to decrease while the elimination of basic drugs increases.

26
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What is pH trapping?

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Impact drugs that are passively eliminated in its unionized form. Drug ionizes in urine. Ionized drug is difficult to be reabsorbed, ergo it is “trapped” & eliminated.

27
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Can pH trapping be used therapeutically?

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Yes, for example Aspirin overdoses can be treated with NaHCO3 via urine alkalization.

28
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What is the primary route of elimination for lipid-soluble drugs and metabolites?

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Bile/Feces

29
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What are examples of drugs that are eliminated through the bile/feces?

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Digoxin, Steroids, & many hydrophobic agents.

30
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What can biliary/fecal excretion be affected by?

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Intestinal & biliary disease such as Cholestasis (reduces bile flow and toxicity can result)
Enterohepatic recirculation or recycling
Transporter protein(OATPs, BCRP, PGPs, MDR/MRP) are involved in secretion of drugs & metabolites.

31
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What is enterohepatic recycling?

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95% of the bile salts are reabsorbed into intestinal capillaries and returned to the liver by the hepatic portal vein. Bile salts via enterohepatic circulation stimulate hepatocytes to secrete more bile salts.

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What type of drugs is enterohepatic recycling going to affect?

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Drugs excreted via bile into intestines for elimination.

Reabsorption occurs prior to excretion (therefore it is recycled)

33
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What are examples of drugs that go through enterohepatic recycling?

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Ezetimibe, Isotretinoin, Atovaquone

34
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What does Zetia have such a long duration of action?

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Because it goes through repeated recycling, Enterohepatic recycling.

35
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Will conjugated rugs be reabsorbed from the GI in Enterohepatic recycling?

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No.

36
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How can enterohepatic recycling be clinically disruptive?

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When the oral administration of activated charcoal or anion exchange resins and thereby trap drugs in the GI.

37
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What is the primary route of elimination for inhaled anesthetic agents?

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Lungs/Exhalation

38
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How much of Isoflurane, Sevoflurane, and Halthane is eliminated unchanged through exhalation?

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Isoflurane - 99%
Sevoflurane - 95%
Halothane - 70%
They all have Fluorine attached.

39
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What transporter actively transports drugs into breast milk?

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BCRP

40
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What are examples of drugs that are transported into breast milk?

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Topotecan (Hycamtin; anticancer drug)

Cimetidine (Tagamet; PPI)

41
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What drugs are of concern when it comes to elimination through tears?

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Rifampin - causes orange-red coloration in some body fluids, including tears
Azo-based compounds - (Phenazopyridine) may cause similar effects
These may cause permanent staining of contact lenses.

42
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What are some PGP drug substrates?

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Digoxin, HIV protease inhibitors (e.g. indinavir), Immunosupressive agnets (e.g. tacrolimus), Opioids (e.g. morphine sulfate), Loperamide

43
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“Normal” dosing takes PGP-mediated effects into account. T/F

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True

44
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What are some PGP drug inhibitors?

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Cyclosporine A
Quinidine
Ca channel blockers (Verapamil, Diltiazem, etc.)
Azole antifungals (Itraconazole)
Macrolide antibiotics (clarithromycin)
45
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What occurs when Loperimide and Quinidine are coadminsitered?

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Quinidine blocks PGP-mediated efflux from CNS which leads to higher Loperamide levels in the CNS. This results in opioid toxicity and respiratory depression.

46
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What occurs when Quinidine & Digoxin are coadminsitered?

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Quinidine blocks PGP-mediated renal elimination of digoxin, causing higher systemic levels of digoxin. This results in digoxin toxicity - arrhythmias.

47
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What occurs when Probenecid is coadminsitered with Penicillin G?

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Probenecid inhibits OAT proteins which causes a decrease in the elimination of Penicilling G (This can be therapeutically useful).

48
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What occurs when Probenecid is coadminsitered with Methotrexate?

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Probenecid inhibits OAT proteins which causes a decrease in the elimination of methotrexate (toxicity)

49
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What occurs when Rifampin and Talinolol are coadministrated?

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Talinolol elimination increases by 30%

50
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What occurs when Rifampin and Cyclosporin A are coadministrated?

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Cyclosporin bioavailability decreases from 27% to 10%.

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