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IM1- Pharm 2 quiz Flashcards

1
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What is pharmacokinetics?

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How a drug moves through the body

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What are some questions that should come to mind when thinking in terms of pharmocokinetics?

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  1. How does the drug get into the body and where does it go?
  2. What does the body do to/with the drug?
  3. How does the body get rid of the drug?
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What is the process of a drug through the body?

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  1. absorption
  2. distribution
  3. metabolism
  4. excretion
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4
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True or false: different drugs are metabolized by different organs?

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True

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5
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True or false: the majority of drugs are metabolized by the liver

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True

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6
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Where are the majority of drugs excreted?

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Kidneys

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7
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What is absorption?

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The movement of a drug from its site of administration into the blood

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8
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In pharmacology rate is determines what?

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How soon a drugs effects will take place

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9
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In pharmacology amount determines what?

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how intense the drugs effects will be

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10
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Name 6 factors that affect the process of absorption.

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  1. Rate of dissolution
  2. surface area
  3. blood flow
  4. Lipid solubility
  5. pH partitioning
  6. Route of administration
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11
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True or false: With rate of dissolution the quicker a drug dissolves the slower the effect will be?

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False

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12
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True or false: With surface area the larger the surface area the quicker the drug is absorbed

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True

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13
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True or false: Our body prefer drugs that are lipid soluble because it is easier for them to enter our blood stream.

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true

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14
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What are the two major groups in routes of administration?

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Enteral (gastrointestinal GI tract)
Parenteral (outside of the GI tract)

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15
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Is oral meds considered enteral or parenteral?

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enteral

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16
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Is IV, subQ and IM considered enteral or parenteral?

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Parenteral

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17
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What are the advantages to PO meds?

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  1. Safer than injections
  2. ideal for self-administration
  3. easy, convenient and inexpensive
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18
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What are the disadvantages to PO meds?

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1.Can cause GI irritation
2. Requires cooperative patient
3. Inactivation
4. Varibility

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19
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What are some barriers to absorption with PO meds?

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  1. Epithelial lining of GI tract
  2. capillary wall
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What is the absorption pattern for PO meds?

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Slow and variable

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21
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True or false: no one patient absorbs the drugs the same

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true

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22
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What are some advantages of IV drugs? List 4

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  1. Rapid onset
  2. Control
  3. permits use of lg fluid volumes
  4. permits use of irritant drugs (chemo drugs)
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What are some disadvantages of IV drugs? List 4

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  1. High cost, difficulty, inconvenience
  2. irreversibility
  3. infection
    4.high risk
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24
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What are the barriers of absorption for IV drugs?

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None goes directly into blood stream

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25
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What is the absorption pattern for IV drugs?

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Instantaneous and complete

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26
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What are the advantages of IM and subQ drugs?

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1.Can be used for poorly soluble drugs
2. Can be used for depot preparations

27
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What are depo preparations?

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One time injection that last over a period of weeks to months

28
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What are some disadvantages to IM and subQ drugs?
list 4

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  1. discomfort
  2. inconvenience
  3. can cause muscle and nerve injury with improper technique
  4. bleeding risk
29
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What are the barriers of absorption for IM and SubQ drugs?

30
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What is the absorption pattern for IM and subQ drugs?

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Water solubility
blood flow

31
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When is parenteral administration preferred?

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  1. emergencies
  2. situations requiring tight control
  3. GI incompatibility
    • destruction of drugs by GI system
    • drugs that would cause GI injury
  4. tx with drugs that cannot cross membranes
  5. condition better treated with long-acting preparation
  6. patients who cannot or will not take oral preparation.
32
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True or false: if a patient is having a life threatening issue the best route of administration is the enteral administration

33
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What is distribution?

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The movement of drugs through the body

34
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Review the distribution process on slide 15 on the pharm 2 lecture

35
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What is drug metabolism?

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The enzymatic alteration of drug structure to a more water-soluble form that can be excreted.

36
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What are some special factors/consideration in drug metabolism?

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  1. age- the very young and very old have a decreased metabolism
  2. first-pass effect- some meds are totally metabolized by the liver the first time they pass through
  3. Nutrional status
  4. competition between drugs. - One drug may commpletely neutralize the other
37
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What is excretion?

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the removal of drugs from the body

38
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Drugs and their metabolites can exit the body through…..

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  1. bile
  2. urine/feces
    3.sweat/saliva
  3. breast milk
  4. expired air
39
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What is plasma drug levels?

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Correlation between the response to a drug and level in plasma

40
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What are two important levels in monitorying of drug responses?

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  1. MEC- Minimum effective concentration
  2. Toxic concentration
41
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What is the therapeutic range when monitoring drug responses?

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Determines whether the drug can be safely given

42
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When monitoring drug responses what does drug- half life mean?

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Determines dosing intervals

43
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Define drug half-life

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Defined as the time required for the percentage of a drug in the body to decrease by 50%.

44
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Why is it important to understand a drugs half-life?

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So we understand how often a patient needs to take a drug

45
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When monitoring drug responses what is repeated dosing mean?

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Determines rate and extent of accumulation

46
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In repeated dosing what does peak mean?

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Highest level of drug in the body–> normally peak of a drug is one to two hours after a dose

47
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In repeated dosing what does trough mean?

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Lowest level of drug in the body–> usually just before the next dose

48
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What is a loading dose?

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Its a higher dose to get blood levels of the drug up then taper to get a maintenance dose or everyday dose. Example is a zpack.

49
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What is pharmacodynamics?

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It is the affect a drug has on the body

50
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What is dose-response relationship?

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Relationship between the size of a an administered dose and the intensity of the response produced

51
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True or false: the more drug you give the more affects you should have?

52
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What is ED50

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Stands for average effective dose. Typically the standard dose we use when starting a patient on a med

53
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What is LD50?

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Lethal dose in 50% of test animals

54
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What does the dose-response relationship tell us?

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It determines

  1. Relative potency- min amount of a drug needed to elicit a response
  2. maximum efficacy- max response a drug can elict
55
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Understand the therapeutic index

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Take time to review slide 28 on the pharm two power point

56
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True or false: we want to have a very wide range between the effective dose and the lethal dose?

57
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True or false: The narrower the space between the effective dose and lethal dose the safer the drug?

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False- the wider the space the safer the drug

58
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What does the TI or therapeutic index tell us?

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Allows us to know how wide of an index we have to work with when administering does of meds.

59
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What are three possible drug to drug interactions?

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  1. Potentiate
  2. inhibit
  3. new response
60
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What is potentiate?

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Intensifies the effects of two or more drugs

61
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What is inhibit mean when talking about a drug to drug interaction?

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reduce the effects

62
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What is a new response drug to drug interaction?

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Effect not seen with single drug alone

63
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What does it mean to have an empty stomach?

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At least 1hr before or 2 hours after a mean

64
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What are some drug-food interactions?

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  1. absorption
  2. drug metabolism
  3. drug toxicity
  4. drug action
  5. timing

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