L1 Pharmacokinetics And Pharmacodynamics Flashcards

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Pharmacokinetic factors

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Bioavailability 
Half - life
Drug elimination 
Inter subject variability 
Drug - drug interactions
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Human factors affecting pharmacokinetics

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Renal function - clearance
Stress
Pyrex is
Alcohol - CYPs
Smoking - CYPs
Age
Sex
Exercise 
Diet 
Pregnancy and lactation - tetrogenic 
Liver function - Albumin
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Bioavailability (F)

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Measure of drug absorption where it can be used i.e. concentration of drug after it has been metabolised

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IV bioavailability

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100% i.e. 1

Bypasses the liver and transferred directly to the plasma concentration

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Other routes bioavailability

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Fraction of IV bioavailability

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Factors affect bioavailability

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Age - luminal changes 
Sex 
Food - chelation and gastric emptying 
Vomiting and malabsorption e.g. Crohn’s 
Absorption 
Formulation 
Liver function - first pass metabolism
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Modified release preparations

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Drugs can be modified to be absorbed slower
Therefore take less pills per day
Increases adherence

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Factors affecting volume of distribution

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Blood flow
Capillary structure i.e vasoconstriction
Lipophilicity - higher Vd
Protein binding - difficult to distribute to other compartments therefore decrease Vd

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Protein binding

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Albumin - acidic drugs
Globulins - hormones
Lipoproteins - basic drugs
Glycoproteins - basic drugs

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Free drug

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Only free drug that isn’t bound to proteins can elicit a response and be eliminated

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Class II precipitate drugs

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Displace class I object drug from protein binding sites as the class II drug has a higher affinity 
Therefore more Class I drug is free to elicit an effect
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Factors that cause more free drug

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Pregnancy - increased blood volume
Renal failure - less clearance
Hypoalbuminaemia - less protein to bind to drug therefore more is free

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Volume of distribution

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= dose (mg)/ plasma drug concentration at t=0 (mg/L)

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Vd and plasma concentration

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Vd is inversely proportional to plasma drug concentration

When there is a high plasma drug concentration the Vd is lower as less has been distributed

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Phase 1 metabolism - first pass

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  • oxidation
  • dealkylation
  • reduction
  • hydrolysis
  • converts drug into lipophilic metabolites
  • by cytochrome P450 - liver enzymes
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Phase II metabolisation

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  • add covalent bonds to change size by conjugating enzymes
  • glucuronide
  • sulphate
  • glutathione
  • N-acetyl
  • can be excreted by the kidney via urine or by the liver in bile
17
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CYP3A4 inhibition

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Grapefruit and citrus juice

  • less metabolism of lovastatin so increased concentration in blood plasma
18
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CYP 2D6 epigentics, metabolism and inhibition

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Absent in 7% of Caucasians
Hyperactive in 30% of East Asians

Metabolises:

  • Beta blockers
  • SSRI
  • opioids

Inhibited by:

  • some SSRIs
  • other anti arrhythmic drugs
  • other antidepressants
19
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St Johns Wort and carbamazapine

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Induces CYPs

  • increased oestrogen and progesterone break down so COCP less effective
  • carbamazepine induces CYPs for increased carbamazepine metabolism
20
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Renal clearance factors

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  • GFR and protein binding
  • competition for transporters
  • lipid solubility
  • pH
  • flow rate
  • other drug interactions e.g. gentamicin is nephrotoxic
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What is regally cleared

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Low molecular weight polar molecules

22
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What is cleared hepatically

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High molecular weight metabolites conjugated with glucuronic acid

23
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Zero order clearance

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Rate of elimination is constant regardless of concentration

  • dangerous as overdose can reach max tolerated dose quicker
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First order clearance

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Rate of elimination increases proportionally to the concentration given

25
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Half life

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Time taken to reduce the concentration by half

  • Independent of concentration
26
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Clearance ml/min

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Volume of blood cleared per unit time

Elimination rate (UV)/ plasma drug concentration

27
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Clearance, half life and Vd

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High Vd - more distributed means it takes longer for the drug to be cleared

Therefore longer half life

28
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Half life calculation

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(0.693 (constant) x Vd )/ CL

29
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Which drugs exhibit zero order kinetics

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High dose
Alcohol
Salicylic acid
Phenytoin

30
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Drug monitoring

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Zero order kinetics
Long half life
Narrow therapeutic window
Drug - drug interactions

31
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Steady state concentration

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Reached in 5 half life’s

Where the therapeutic benefit is optimal

At steady state the infusion = elimination

32
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Rate of administration

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(Dose x bioavailability)/ dose interval (how often given per day)

33
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Stead state concentration equation

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(Maintenance dose x bioavailability) / (dose interval x clearance)

34
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Loading dose

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CSS x Vd

35
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Why is adrenaline often do-administered

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Acts on alpha 1 receptors for vasoconstriction, reducing the blood flow and rate of absorption

  • keeps the anaesthetic in the desired area
36
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How to increase rate of steady state concentration

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Increase the rate of infusion by:

  • increasing dose
  • increase bioavailability
  • decrease dose interval