Exam 1 Study Guide Flashcards
What are the 2 most common sources for measuring drug amount?
Plasma Concentration
Urine Concentration
What is the difference between quantitative measurements and qualitative measurements?
Quantitative measurements can actually be measured by a medical professional (blood sugar, blood pressure, temperature)
Qualitative measurements are subjective and come from the patient and cannot be measured (pain)
What is bioavailability?
The proportion of an administered dose of unchanged drug that reaches systemic circulation
What is clearance?
The volume of plasma cleared of drug per unit of time
What is half life of a drug?
The time required for plasma concentration of a drug to decrease by 50% (remember it is exp onential so we would have to take the natural log of the rate to get a linear rate)
What is the volume of distribution?
An indicator of how well distributed a drug is in the body
(think of how liver failure causes a decrease in albumin released from the liver which would increase the volume of distribution because less drug is being captured by albumin and more is getting circulated)
What does pharmaceutics examine?
The physiochemical properties (solubility, molecular weight and size) of drugs and dosage forms as it relates to dosage form design
Dosage form outside, of the body
What does biopharmaceutics examine?
The interrelationships between the physiochemical properties of drugs, the dosage forms, and the route of administration on the rate and extent of drug absorption into the body
It looks at how the dosage form works in the body
What does pharmacokinetics look at?
The movement of the drug inside the body after it has been released from its dosage form
What does LADME stand for?
Liberation Absorption Distribution Metabolism Excretion
What does liberation mean from LADME?
The drug is released from the dosage form
What does absorption mean in LADME?
The drug is absorbed in the bloodstream
What does distribution mean in LADME?
Drug is sent to different parts of the body
What does metabolism mean in LADME?
The drug is attached and used by enzymes or receptors in the body
What does excretion in LADME mean?
The drug is sent out of the body or filtered in the kidneys, bile, feces, or sweat
What can be find in the United States Pharmacopeia?
Monographs Dietary Supplements Dosage forms Compounded preparations (Mom Diets, Dad Compounds)
What can be found in the National Formulary?
Anything that is not contained in the USP (inactive ingredients)
What can be found in a drugs Monograph?
The strength, purity, quality, and packaging/labeling
As a drug increases in scheduling or class (1->5) what is the relation of likelihood for potential abuse?
As the class increases, the likelihood for potential abuse goes down
What is the main difference between class 1 and 2?
Class 1/ Schedule 1 drugs have no medical use federally and have a higher potential for abuse than schedule 2. Schedule 2 drugs have medical use.
What schedule does Methamphetamines fall in?
Class II - used to treat ADHD (Ritalin)
What class or schedule does the drug Cocaine fall in?
Schedule II - used for an anesthetic in surgery
What are the 3 parts of the NDC (what do they tell us)?
The first 5 (manufacturer)
The second 4 (drug)
The last 2 (package size)
Are dietary supplements FDA approved?
No they are not legally considered drugs so they are not FDA approved but the FDA still oversees their manufacturing to make sure they are safe for the public
What labeling must be on dietary supplements?
“This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.”
If a drug has been recalled due to some patients developing seizures and blood clots, what class of recall would this be?
Class I : the use or exposure of the drug may cause serious adverse health consequences or death
If there is a problem with the labeling of a drug package due to misspelling, what drug class recall would this be?
Class III: not serious
If a drug was recalled due to an exposure of Norovirus in a batch of drugs, what class of recall would this be?
Class II: Medically reversible adverse health consequences
What are the ways a drug is considered a new drug?
Combined into one dosage form (Lisinopril/HCTZ)
New dosage form (from a tablet to a suppository)
New route or dosage schedule (Going from every 6 hours to once daily)
A change in the formulation
What is an IND Application?
Investigational New Drug application - must be submitted before clinical trials
What is an NDA?
New Drug Application where the FDA must approve the drug to be sold in the market
When is an sNDA given to the FDA?
A supplemental new drug application is provided to the FDA when their is a change in the already FDA approved drug.
When is an ANDA submitted to the FDA?
When a patent runs out for the FDA approved brand named drug in order to get approval for a generic equivalent
What does a treatment IND allow for?
A Treatment IND allows an experimental drug to be used to treat a patient while clinical testing and FDA review are still taking place.