Exam 1 Flashcards
How long does it take to prepare a drug
approx 17 years
What is Pharmacokinetics?
βPharmacokinetics is what body does to the drugβ
It Include events starting from drug administration to the elimination
Deals with dose, dosing frequency, route, drug concentration in the body, absorption, distribution, metabolism and excretion
All of these four criteria influence the levels of drug exposure to tissues and thus influence the performance and pharmacologic activity of the drug
What is Pharmacodynamics ?
Pharmacodynamic is what drug does to our body
It is also the extent of absorption, distribution and elimination
Comprises is the science that describes the relationship between the drug concentration at the receptor and biological activity (i.e., pharmacologic response or drug effect)
When a number is expressed in exponential notation it takes the following form:
number = base exponent
What will be πββ
0
β’ Calculus is used to
monitor drug movement in the body
In the body, drugs remain at
a moving or dynamic state
Biopharmaceutics is the
Studies the influence of physicochemical properties of drugs, dosage forms and physiological factors affecting plasma
concentration through absorption and distribution
What will be π0?
1
What will be πβ1?
0.368
Disposition is the
Events that occur after drug absorption
it Encompasses distribution and elimination phases
This term is used interchangeably with the term βpharmacokineticsβ
Pharmacokinetics (PK) and pharmacodynamics (PD) relate
input with the output or input with the response
Differential equations
Quantitate drug concentration in the body over time
dc/dt
Integral equations
Model cumulative responses (therapeutic or toxic) of drugs in the body
C=12-2t or y=b-mx
In Semi log Graph Cycles
Each cycle is a 10-fold increase in numbers or a single log10 unit
Ex 0.1 10 100
The straight-line showing a relation between two variables is called a
regression line
In Pharmacokinetics Elimination is _________ and tissue concentration is __________.
Irreversible , Reversible
Absorption is
From the site of administration, the drug enters the neighboring blood
vessels and then enters the systemic circulation, a process called drug
absorption
An oral tablet first dissolves in the GIT, where released drug traverses the
GI and enters the GI blood capillaries
After entering the GI capillaries, drug moves into the liver via the portal
vein where it may get altered before entering the systemic circulation
Distribution is
From the systemic circulation, the drug reaches various tissues and organs, a process called drug distribution
Drug distribution is a reversible process
Drugs entering the tissues should return to the blood for elimination
Elimination is
After a certain time, the body gets rid of the drug by making it elimination friendly by breaking it into pieces, making it water-loving, and directing it to the elimination organ, a process called drug elimination
The common route of elimination is the kidney; drugs that enter or distribute in the liver are converted to metabolites for later excretion into the bile
Pharmacodynamics It is change in the receptor ____ and ______
amount, Density
An oral tablet has to circumvent several roadblocks
during its journey from the GIT to the liver and finally to the general circulation
Situations that reduce the amount of the intact drugs in the blood are
Incomplete dissolution
Metabolism in the gut lumen or by enzymes in the gut wall
Metabolism in the liver
The drug loss before its entry into the systemic circulation is called
first-pass loss
This recycling of drugs back to the liver is called the
entero-hepatic cycle
Urine, Blood Plasma, and Saliva are
good tools for measuring concentrations
Plasma concentration reflects the drug concentration at the site of action and
The relationship is often linear in nature
An increase/decrease in plasma concentration will be reflected by a proportional increase/decrease at the site of action