Drug Excretion Flashcards
Drug metabolism
chemical transformation of a drug
into one or more products within the body
Drug excretion refers
solely to the physical processes that lead to the irreversible removal of a drug and its metabolites from the body
Drug metabolism and drug excretion =
Drug elimination
Drug elimination is
The removal of drug from the body through metabolic and/or excretory processes
A.D.M.E
Absorption
Distribution
Metabolism
Excretion
Drug elimination made up of
Drug metabolism (75%) mediated by CYP450
and
Drug excretion
Routes of Drug excretion
urine (kidneys)
faeces (bile)
breast milk - minor route and can pass from mother to baby
expired air (lungs)
hair
skin/sweat
Do hydrophilic drugs require hepatic metabolism
No
Factors that influence renal excretion (7)
- Molecular weight and size
- Drug concentration
- Urine pH
- Plasma protein binding
- Rena; blood flow
- Impaired renal Function
- Transporters
What types of drugs reduce renal function
non-steroidal and anti-immflamible drugs
3 types of renal excretion
Glomerular Filtration
Passive reabsorption
Active tubular Secretion
Glomerular Filtration
20% of renal plasma flow is filtered thru glomerular capillaries (GFR=120mL/min and declines due to aging or disease)
- Only small and free drugs can pass thru glomerular capillaries into the filtrate
-altered plasma protein binding can influence filtration
What is can influence glomerular filtration
-altered plasma protein binding can influence filtration
GFR
Glomerular filtration rate
Fu fraction of drugs ___ in plamsa
Unbound
Fu Equation
Cl(gf) = fu * GFR
renal clearance by glomerular filtration
Estimated GFR (eGFR) - measure blood____ level
creatinine
Impaired renal function →
blood creatinine level ↑
[2]Passive reabsorption
- most filtrate returns to circulation through peritubular capillaries (1% becomes urine)
- Water reabsorption → drug concentration ↑ in the filtrate
- passive diffusion - small, lipophilic and unionised drugs
- transporter-mediated (e.g., PEPT2 and peptide-like drugs)
- urine pH affects drug ionisation and reabsorption
Peritubular capillaries
Peritubular capillaries are tiny blood vessels in your kidneys. They filter waste from your blood so the waste can leave your body through urine (pee). Peritubular capillaries also reabsorb nutrients your body needs to work properly, such as minerals.
Urine pH affects drug ionisation and___
reabsorption
Salicylate overdose facts
- Aspirin or methyl salicylic acid (e.g., infant teething gels)
- i.v. sodium bicarbonate (an alkalinising agent) injected intravenously.
- ↑ urine pH
- ↑ salicylic acid ionisation
- ↓ reabsorption of salicylate