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Lecture 2 Pharmacodynamics and Pharmacokinetics Test 1 Flashcards

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Activation of protein receptors causes a ________________.

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Conformational change

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What is the drug effect related to?

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The number of bound receptors.

Ie: Paralytics

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____________ activates receptors by binding to them.

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Agonist

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What are 3 reversible bonds?

What bond is irreversible?

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Ion (opposite charges), Hydrogen (electronegative atoms), and Van der Waals interaction (repulsive attraction)

Covalent bonds (strongest bond)

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____________ binds to a receptor but does not activate the receptor, the get in the way of the endogenous ligand.

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Antagonist

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Increasing amounts progressively inhibit the agonist and shift the dose-response curve to the right.

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Competitive antagonism

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Even high concentrations of agonist can’t cause the agonist event.

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Noncompetitive antagonism

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Binding to a receptor (usually at agonist site).
Causes less response than the agonist even at a supramaximal dose.

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Partial Agonist

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Compete for the same site as the agonist but produces the opposite effect.

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Inverse Agonist

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Even high concentrations of agonists can’t cause the agonist event.

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Noncompetitive antagonism

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The number of receptors are not __________.

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Static

Receptors can increase or decrease depending on comorbidity and drug therapy

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What is tachyphylaxis?

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Quick tolerance, down-regulation of receptors.

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In pheochromocytoma, there is a ___________ in beta receptors in response to an increase in ____________.

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decrease; catecholamines

Tolerance builds up

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Receptors are classified by _____________.

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Location

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What 3 areas can receptors be located?

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Lipid Bilayer
Intracellular Proteins
Circulating Proteins

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Most of the anesthetic drugs that we give have receptors located in the _____________.

Examples?

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Lipid Bilayer (Membrane Bound)

Opioids, BZDs, Beta-blockers, catecholamines, NMBD.

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What are examples of drugs that bind to intracellular proteins?

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Insulin, Steroids, Milrinone

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What are examples of drugs that bind to circulating proteins?

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Anticoagulants

Anticoagulants that are free or unbound will cause drug effect

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What is the quantitative study of injected and inhaled drugs and their metabolites? What the body does to the drug.

What are the 4 components?

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Pharmacokinetics

Absorption
Distribution
Metabolism
Excretion

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Pharmacokinetics determines the concentration of the drug in the ____________ and at the _______________. This varies significantly from patient to patient.

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Plasma and Effector Site

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What is the one-compartment model?

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Immediately after drug injection, the concentration of the drug is diluted by plasma in a central compartment, resulting in a small volume of distribution, and excreted immediately.

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What is the vessel-rich group?

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A small percentage of the body mass (brain, kidney, heart, lungs) that makes up a large percentage of cardiac output.

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What is the two-compartment model?

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The drug goes into a central compartment and then peripheral compartments (muscles, fats, tendons, ligaments).

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For plasma protein receptors, what do acidic drugs bind to?

What do alkalotic drugs bind to?

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Acidic drugs bind to albumin.

Alkalotic drugs bind to Alpha 1- Acid Glycoprotein.

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Only __________ drug can cross cell membrane (distribution) and can determine the concentration available to receptor (potency)
Free unbound drug
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Name factors that can decrease plasma protein.
Age Hepatic Disease Renal Failure Pregnancy Burns Sepsis
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If the normal free fraction of the drug is 2% and half the plasma proteins are lost, then the free fraction of the drug is _______%.
4%, it doubles.
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Poor protein binding and lipophilic drugs have a ____________. Examples
Greater Volume of Distribution (escapes plasma) Examples: Thiopental and Diazepam
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Highly protein-bound drugs to plasma protein will result in a ____________. Examples
Smaller Volume of Distribution (stays in plasma) Example: Warfarin
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What is metabolism?
Usually conversion of an active drug to an inactive drug from lipid-soluble drugs to water-soluble and inactive metabolites (usually). Then kidneys pee it off.
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What are some active metabolites?
Diazepam (Valium) Propanolol (Inderal) Morphine Prodrugs such as Codeine
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How are most anesthetic drugs metabolized? What are three other ways drugs are metabolized?
Through the **Hepatic Microsomal Enzymes**. Plasma (Hoffman Elimination, ester hydrolysis) Kidney Tissue Esterase (GI Tract, Placenta)
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What does phase 1 metabolism involve? What does phase 2 metabolism involve?
Phase 1: Increase polarity and prepare for phase II reactions *Oxidation* *Reduction* *Hydrolysis* Phase 2: Covalently link with a high polar molecule to become water soluble *Conjugation*
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What is the large family of hepatic microsomal enzyme called consisting of 10 isoforms that are membrane-bound and contain a heme cofactor?
CYP 450
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What specific enzyme makes up 60% of CYP 450 activity and metabolizes over half of the drugs?
CYP3A4
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What drug will induce hepatic microsomal enzymes?
Phenobarbital *Drugs like opioids and BZD will have less effect*
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What food will inhibit hepatic microsomal enzymes?
Grapefruit Juice *Increases concentration of drug/ toxicity levels*
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Acute ingestion of alcohol will require the patient to receive ____________ anesthetics. Chronic use of marijuana will require the patient o receive _____________ anesthetics.
Less (acute EtOH intake) *Dr. Kane correction email* More (chronic marijuana)
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For most anesthetic drugs, the hepatic clearance is __________. The rate is proportional to ____________.
Constant Concentration (*More Drug/More Clearance to a certain point since the liver capability is not unlimited*)
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What is the rate of drug metabolism equation? What are the two limitations to this equation?
Rate = Cardiac Output (Concentration Inflow - Concentration Outflow) Flow limitation (Cardiac output) and capacity limitation (liver's metabolizing ability)
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What are the three things involved in Renal Clearance?
1. GFR 2. Active Tubular Secretion 3. Passive Tubular Reabsorption
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Differentiate between Elimination Half Time vs Elimination Half-Life.
Elimination half-time is the time necessary to eliminate 50% of the drug from **PLASMA** after a bolus dose. Elimination half-life is the time necessary to eliminate 50% of the drug from **BODY** after a bolus dose.
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You give 100 mcg of drug A. E 1/2 is 10 minutes. In 20 minutes what will plasma concentration be? If you reinject 100 mcg of drug A, 20 minutes later what will the plasma concentration be?
25 mcg 31 mcg
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What is the time to a 50% decrease after **infusion** is discontinued?
Context Sensitive Half-Time
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What drugs have a short context-sensitive half-time?
Sufentanil Alfentanil Propofol
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What drugs have a long context-sensitive half-time?
Fentanyl Thiopental
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What does it mean when the pK (dissociation constant) and pH are identical?
50% of the drug is ionized and 50% of the drug is non-ionized.
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What drug is a weak acid? What drug is a weak base?
Weak acid: Barbituates, Thiopental Weak bases: Local Anesthetics, Opioids
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Acids ionized in an _____________ environment. Bases ionized in an _____________ environment.
Alkalotic Acidic
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Describe non-ionized drug molecules in terms of their Pharmacological Effect: Solubility: Cross lipid barriers: Renal Excretion: Hepatic metabolism:
Describe non-ionized drug molecules in terms of their Pharmacological Effect: Active Solubility: Lipids Cross lipid barriers: Yes Renal Excretion: No Hepatic metabolism: Yes
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Describe ionized drug molecules in terms of their Pharmacological Effect: Solubility: Cross lipid barriers: Renal Excretion: Hepatic metabolism:
Describe ionized drug molecules in terms of their Pharmacological Effect: Inactive Solubility: Water Cross lipid barriers: No Renal Excretion: Yes Hepatic metabolism: No
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Weak acid (pK 7.6) is put in a basic pH (blood 7.8). Ionized or non-ionized?
Ionized Because it is a weak acid, pK will go after the pH. pH - pK 7.8 - 7.6 = +0.2
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Weak base (pK 8.0) is put in basic pH (blood 7.2) Ionized of non-ionized?
Ionized Because it is a weak base, pK will go before the pH. pK - pH 8.0 - 7.2 = +0.8
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Spinal Anesthetic is a weak base (pK 7.3), fetal pH is 6.8, and the mother's pH is 7.4. Will the drug be ionized or non-ionized in the fetus and mom?
The anesthetic will be ionized in the baby, the drug will be trapped in the fetus. The anesthetic will be non-ionized in the mom, the drug will be active. Because spinal anesthetic is a weak base pK will go before pH pK - pH Fetus: 7.3 - 6.8 = +0.5 Mom: 7.3 - 7.4 = -0.1
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Pt with an ischemic foot requested an ankle block. Will surgical anesthetic work? An opioid is a weak base with a pK of 8.0. Normal Tissue pH = 7.4 Ischemic Tissue pH = 6.6
No, a surgical anesthetic will not work. The drug will be ionized in normal tissue and ischemic tissue. With a weak base, pK is before pH. Normal Tissue: 8.0 - 7.4 = +0,6 (ionized) Ischemic Tissue: 8.0 - 6.6 = +1.4 (very ionized)
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What the drug does the to the body. This is figured out by measuring concentrations at different pharmacological responses.
Pharmacodynamics
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There is individual variability in pharmacodynamics in the elderly due to what 3 factors?
Decrease Cardiac Output to the Brain and Liver Decrease Protein Binding Increase Body Fat
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Individual variability in pharmacodynamics includes what 3 things?
Enzyme activity Genetic Disorders Elderly
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Concentration vs Response.
Potency Less Drugs with more effect = more potent
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The ability of a drug to produce a clinical effect.
Efficacy
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Time to drug effect, the lag time between administration (plasma concentration) and effect.
Relative Potency
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The dose required to produce effect in 50% of patients.
ED50
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The dose required to produce death in 50% of patients.
LD50
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Ration between LD50 and ED50
Therapeutic Index (T.I.)
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How drug molecules are structured in 3D.
Stereochemistry
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Molecules with an asymmetric center, usually related to the way carbon molecules are bonded.
Chiral compounds
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These structures are chemically identical that are mirror images of each other and can not be superimposed.
Enantiomers
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In terms of rotation of light in solution, what is the right rotation called? Left Rotation?
Right rotation: Dextrorotary or R (Rectus) Left rotation: Levorotary or S (Sinister)
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Drug mixture with optical activity of equal compounds that can exhibit different ADME. One enantiomer is active and the other is inactive or has more side effects.
Racemic Mixtures
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What fraction of drugs are racemic?
1/3
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___ - Enantiomer of Ketamine is more potent had has less delirium.
S
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L-Bupivacaine has less _____________ .
Cardiac Toxicity
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What isomer of atracurium lacks histamine effects?
Cistracurium
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What is the isomer of albuterol that does not cause tachycardia?
Xopenex (*But not as efficacious as albuterol*)
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With pharmacogenetic testing, we look for variants in genes that code for _______, ________, and ________.
Drug-metabolizing enzymes Drug targets Immune Proteins

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