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Pharmacokinetics constitutes of: 4

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Absorption, distribution, metabolism, excretion

What body does to a drug

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Pharmacodynamics: 3

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Mechanism of effect, sensitivity, responsiveness

What a drug does to the body

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Pharmacokinetics measured in: 4

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Elimination half time, bioavailability, clearance, volume of distribution (vd)

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Compartmental models do what

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Divides body into compartments that represent theoretical spaces with calculated volumes

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Central compartment traits and components

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Best perfused, 75% CO, 10% of body, rapid uptake, drug introduced here, then 2nd compartment, then back to central for clearance. Kidney, liver, lungs, heart, brain.

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Peripheral compartment

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Large calculated volume (90%), 25% of cardiac output, extensive uptake of drug

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Rate of transfer between compartments changes with what

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Decreases with aging which leads to greater plasma conc in certain drugs (thiopental)

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Distribution: what happens

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Following systemic absorption of a drug the highly perfused tissues (heart, brain, kidneys, liver) receive a large amt of the drug

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Distribution: what happens after central compartment

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As plasma conc decreases, drug to less perfused sites (muscle and fat). W continued elim of drug the plasma level goes below that in tissues, drug leaves tissues to re-enter circulation

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Tissues that accumulate drugs do what

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Preferentially act as reservoir to maintain plasma concentration and prolong effect

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What large or repeated doses do to distribution

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They saturate inactive tissue negating distribution, prolong duration of action, reduction of effect depends on metabolism rather than redistribution

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% of blood flow and % cardiac output in:
Vessel rich
Vessel poor

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10%, 75%

20%, <1%

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% blood flow and % cardiac output in muscle group and fat group

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50%, 19%

20%, 6%

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Lung uptake does what

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Uptakes basic lipophilic drugs (lidocaine, fentanyl, demerol) and acts as reservoir for release of drug back into systemic circulation

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Blood brain barrier prevents what

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Ionized, water soluble drugs from crossing barrier into brain circulation

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Blood brain barriers can be overcome w what

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Large doses of drug or in head injury and hypoxemia

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Effect site

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Where drugs exert their biological effect, at its “biophase” (otherwise known as effect site)

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Effect site includes what

What is ke0

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Membranes, receptors, and enzymes where drug acts on body

Rate constant of drug elim from the effect site

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What is vd

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Volume of distribution, sum of all the volumes of compartments

Dose of IV drug/ plasma conc before elim

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Vd is effected by what

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Physiochemical characteristics of drug: lipid solubility (directly correlated), binding to plasma protein (inversely), molecular size (inversely)

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Elimination half time

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Time for plasma conc of drug to decline 50% during elim phase

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E 1/2 t of a drug is related to what two things

It is independent of what

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Directly to Vd, inversely to clearance

Dose of drug administered

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Half life refers to 3, half time refers to 1

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Plasma, fat, and muscle

Plasma

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Elimination half life

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Time necessary to elim 50% of drug from the body. Drug accum occurs if dosing intervals are less than this

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Elim half time and half life aren't equal when what
When the decrease in plasma concentration doesnt parallel its elimination from the body
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Half time: 0 Fraction of initial amt left % amt eliminated
1 | 0
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Half time: 1 Fraction of initial amt left % amt eliminated
1/2 | 50%
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Half time: 2 Fraction of initial amt left % amt eliminated
1/4 | 75%
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Half time: 3 Fraction of initial amt left % amt eliminated
1/8 | 87.5%
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Half time: 4 Fraction of initial amt left % amt eliminated
1/16 | 93.8%
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Half time: 5 Fraction of initial amt left % amt eliminated
1/32 | 96.9%
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Half time: 6 Fraction of initial amt left % amt eliminated
1/64 | 98.4%
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Distribution phase
First half of curve, from central compartment to peripheral
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Elimination phase
Second half of curve, from central compartment to liver and kidneys for elimination
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Context sensitive half time
Time req for blood or plasma concentrations of a drug to decrease by 50% after discontinuation of drug admin. Usually refers to d/c an infusion
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Absorption | Depends on what
Drugs solubility, regardless of route of administration
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Oral admin | Pros and cons
Pro: Convenient and economic Con: Emesis, destruction by enzymes or acidic gastric fluid, irregular absorption w food or other drugs
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First pass effect
Drugs absorbed from GI sys enter portal venous blood and pass thru liver before entering the systemic circ for delivery to tissue receptors. Here they are extensively extracted and metabolized
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Sublingual and transmucosal routes
Rapid onset, bypasses liver and prevents first pass effect
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Transdermal route | What it provides, where absorbed
Sustained plasma conc of drug. Absorp in sweat ducts and hair follicles that serve as diffusion shunts
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Transdermal route Rate limiting step Factors for permeability of drug What can occur
- diffusion across stratum corners of epidermis - thickness and blood flow of skin - contact dermatitis
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Rectal mode. Proximal Distal Overall
P- trans to portal sys via superior hemorrhoidal veins, 1st pass effect D- bypasses portal sys Unpredictable responses that follow rectal admin of meds
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IV route
Achieves therapeutic plasma levels precisely and rapidly
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Ionization Most drugs are what Non ionized drugs are what
- Weak acids or bases in ionized and non-ionized forms | - usually lipid soluble and can diffuse across lipid cell membranes ex BBB, renal, tubules, GI epithelium, hepatocytes
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Ionization | -the fraction of drug is pharmacologically ___ and undergoes what
Active- undergoes reabsorption across renal tubules, is abs from gi tract, and is metabolized by liver
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Ionized fraction of drug is what
Poorly lipid soluble, cant penetrate lipid cell membranes, and is repelled from portions of the cell w similar changes. They are excreted by kidneys unchanged
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Degree of ionization depends on what
Dissociation constant (pk) and ph of the surrounding fluid
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Changes in ph can result in what
Large degree of ionization. Acidic drugs are highly ionized at alkaline ph and vice a versa
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Alkalotic pt giving a weak acid=
Will have less drug effect because more ionization
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Acidotic pt giving weak acid drug
More nonionized drug, more effect
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Ion trapping | Ex
Concentration difference of total drug can develop on 2 sides of a membrane that separates fluids w diff pHs. Ex placenta
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Protein binding: ex., effect
Albumin acids, a1 acid glycoprotein bases, lipoproteins Only free or unbound fraction of drug is readily able to cross cell membranes
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Vd inversely proportional to Unbound drug in plasma is metabolized and excreted ___ ___
Protein binding More readily
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Drugs that are highly protein bound (4 ex) are effected by what
Warfarin, propranolol, phenytoin, diazepam Alterations in protein binding
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Clearance
Volume of plasma cleared of drug by metabolism and excretion
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First order kinetics
Almost all drugs administered in therapeutic dose range are cleared at a rate proportional to the amount of drug present in plasma
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Zero order kinetics, ex 3
Drugs that exceed metabolic or excretory capacity of the body to clear drugs by first order kinetics even at therapeutic doses Constant amt of drug metabolized per unit of time Ex) asa, dilantin, etoh
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Hepatic clearance, other term for it
Hepatic blood flow and hepatic extraction ratio. If extraction high (>0.7) the clearance of the drug depends on hepatic blood flow Perfusion dependent elimination
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Extraction ratio dep on blood flow | Total range
0.7-1 | 0-1
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What = low extraction ratio | If extraction ratio low what will increase clearance
0.3 or less | A decrease in protein binding or increase in enzyme activity
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What will have minimal change in clearance if extraction ratio is low
Changes in hepatic blood flow
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What is capacity dependent elim
If extraction ratio low: protein binding or inc enzyme activity increases clearance. Changes in hepatic blood flow has min effect
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Renal clearance - most imp organ for what - what is excreted better - what isn't excreted
- elim of unchanged drugs or their metabolites - water soluble compounds > lipid soluble drugs - highly lipid soluble drugs, little or no unchanged drug excreted in urine
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Metabolism
Bio transformation to convert pharmacologically active, lipid soluble drugs into water soluble and often inactive drugs
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Increased water solubility reduces what and enhances what
Reduces Vd | Enhances renal excretion
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Metabolism not always synonymous with what
Inactivation or detoxification. Some metabolites of certain drugs are active
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Which order kinetics most common What it is basically
First order Constant fraction of available drug is metabolized in a given time period
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Zero order kinetics basically and ex
Plasma conc of drug exceeds capacity of metabolizing enzymes. Metab of a constant amt of drug per unit time Etoh, dilantin, asa
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4 pathways of metabolism
Oxidation Reduction Hydrolysis Conjugation
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Phase I
Oxidation, reduction, hydrolysis
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Phase II
Parent or metabolite drug reacts w an endogenous substrate to form water soluble conjugates
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Sites of uptake
Plasma, kidneys, lungs, gi tract, liver (hepatic microsomes enzymes are responsible for metabolism of most drugs)
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Hepatic microsomes enzymes: - located where - cytochrome p450
- hepatic smooth ER | - large number of diff protein enzymes involved in oxidation and reduction and conjugation of large # of drugs
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Enzyme induction
Drugs and chemicals stimulate activity of these enzymes
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Nonmicrosomal enzymes - metabolize by what - present where
Mainly by conjugation and hydrolysis. Some by oxidation-reduction Liver mostly, plasma, gi tract
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Nonmicrosomal enzymes - responsible for hydrolysis of what - dont undergo what - determined by
- drugs that contain ester bonds (succhs, esmolol) - enzyme induction - genetically
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Pharmacodynamics
How drugs exert fx. Most common mechanism= interaction w specific macromolecules in lipid bi-layer of cell membranes called receptors
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State of receptor activation theory
Non activated receptors are converted to active by the drug
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Receptor occupancy theory
The more receptors occupied by drug the more effect
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Nonreceptor drug action | Def and Ex
Mechanisms other than receptor drug interactions. Chelating drugs form bonds w metallic ions that are found in body. Ex antacids
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Agonist drugs
Mimic cell signaling molecules by activating the same receptor sites and causing similar effects
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Antagonist drugs
Bind to receptors and change configuration of agonist site or bind to it, preventing effect from cell signaling molecules
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Structure activity
Affinity of a drug for a specific macro molecular component of the cell and its intrinsic activity are r/t chemical structure
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Enantomerism produced by
Sp3 hybridized carbon atoms. Free rotation about chiral carbon not possible, 2 stable forms of molecule exist
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Isomer differences w drugs
Interaction w biological receptors can differ, even to pt of no binding. Some may cause entirely diff side effects. Some may have little to no effect
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Ephedrine isomers
2 chiral centers and 4 isomers
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Potencies of ephedrine
D ephedrine 36 L epedrine 11 D pseudophedrine 1 L pseudophedrine 7
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Efficacy
The ability of a drug to produce desired therapeutic effect
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Potency
The relationship b/w therapeutic effect of a drug and dose necessary to achieve that effect
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ED 50
Median effective dose. The wider the range, the more effective the drug
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LD 50
Median lethal dose. Halfway pt where rats stop breathing
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Ratio of LD50 to ED50
Indicates therapeutic index of a drug for that effect. Suggests how selective drug is in producing its desired effects. Estimates clinical therapeutic index
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Hyperreactive
Ppl in whom lose dose of drug produces expected pharmacological effect
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Hypersensitivity
Refers to allergies
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Additive effect
Second drug acting w first produces sum of both
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Synergistic effect
2 drugs interact to form greater effect than sum. Like fentanyl and versed

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