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Med Chem 1 Flashcards

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What is the blood brain barrier

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Prevents drugs accessing the brain as cells are tightly joined

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Where are oral drugs absorbed?

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In the small intestine.
Affected by:
physicochemical properties of drug
contents of the gut
lipid solubility
formulation

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What is Therapeutic Index

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Ratio between toxic dose / effective dose in blood plasma

Low therapeutic index = small distance between therapeutic dose and harmful dose.

Digoxin has a TI of 2:1, paracetamol has a TI of around 7:1, Lithium, Warfarin, insulin around 2:1

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What are the advantages and disadvantages of skin route of administration?

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Advantages
Local or systemic action
Avoid FPM & GI tract

Disadvantages
Irritation, absorption varies

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What are the advantages and disadvantages of nasal route of administration?

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Advantages
Local or systemic action
Avoid FPM & GI tract

Disadvantages
Irritation, absorption varies

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What are the advantages and disadvantages of oral route of administration?

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Advantages
Patient compliance & Self admin
Good product stability, Controlled release

Disadvantages
Slow onset, Variable BioA, FPM, stability in GI tract. Effect of food
Patient must be awake

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What are the advantages and disadvantages of buccal / sublingual routes of administration?

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Advantages
Local or systemic action
Avoid FPM & GI tract
Rapid onset

Disadvantages
Taste, low dose, must be retained in mouth

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What are the advantages and disadvantages of subcutaneous route of administration?

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Advantages
Avoid FPM & GI tract
Prolonged delivery & self admin possible

Disadvantages
Painful, irreversible dosing, irritation/ tolerance. sterile product (infect), variable stability

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What are the advantages and disadvantages of lung route of administration?

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Advantages
Avoid FPM & GI tract
Local and rapid action

Disadvantages
Majority dose swallowed, patient coordination, irritation to lung, propellant toxicity

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What are the advantages and disadvantages of intravenous route of administration?

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Advantages
Avoid FPM & GI tract
Immediate & 100% Bio A
Unconscious patient

Disadvantages
Trained personnel gives dose,
Painful, irreversible dosing, irritation/ tolerance. sterile product (infect), variable stability

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What are the advantages and disadvantages of vaginal route of administration?

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Advantages
Avoid FPM
Local or systemic action

Disadvantages
Inconvenient, absorption varies, irritation

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What are the advantages and disadvantages of ears route of administration?

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Advantages
Local effect

Disadvantages
May be difficult to self-administer (drops)
Slow (keep head tilted)

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What are the advantages and disadvantages of rectal route of administration?

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Advantages
Local or systemic action
Avoid FPM & GI tract

Disadvantages
Unpopular, inconvenient, absorption slow/varies, irritation

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What are the advantages and disadvantages of eyes route of administration?

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Advantages
Location action only

Disadvantages
Large dose lost, sterile (infection).

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What are the advantages and disadvantages of intramuscular route of administration?

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Advantages
Avoid FPM & GI tract
Prolonged delivery & self admin possible

Disadvantages
Painful, irreversible dosing, irritation/ tolerance. sterile product (infect), variable stability

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16
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What sorts of injection are there and why would you use them?

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IV – into vein (electrolytes, anaesthetics, pain relief, nutrition)

IM – intramuscular – relatively quick, good blood supply. (vaccines, hormones)

SC – subcutaneous – insulin, heparin

IO – intraosseous – into the bone marrow – generally emergency when veins not working

ID – intradermal – tuberculosis vaccine

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What is pharmacokinetics and what is pharmacodynamics

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Pharmacokinetics is how a drug moves through the body whereas pharmacodynamics is how the drug affects the body

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What is A of ADME and how does it work?

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Absorption - drug moves from site of administration across one or more membranes into the bloodstream and cells.

Passive transport moves through cell on its own. Active transport requires ATP to move through the cell wall

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What is D of ADME and how does it work?

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Distribution - the drug journey around the body to reach the target cells and molecules.

If drug binds too tightly to plasma proteins then cannot reach the target.

Can be hindered by membranes such as blood-brain barrier, blood-placenta barrier

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What is M of ADME and how does it work?

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Metabolism - the action by enzymes to render the drug ineffective.

Usually trying to make more ionic so dissolves

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What is E of ADME and how does it work?

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Excretion - removal from the body.

Kidneys involved here as metabolites passed through to urine.
Some drugs excreted into bile that then excreted into GI tract

22
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How are oral drugs metablolised?

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Metabolism of oral drugs - through the small intestine to the liver via the hepatic portal. Takes drug to the liver where it gets metabolised. This is the 1st Pass mechanism and reduces the bioavailability.

Drugs also metabolised in the blood by enzymes (body protects against small molecule with enzymes and large molecule pathogens with the immune system)

23
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What is a Pro-drug

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If metabolism activates the drug then it is a Pro-drug (codeine metabolised to morphine).
Salts may aid bioavailability but are not pro-drugs as don’t need metabolic activity to realise their therapeutic effect.

24
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What are agonist and antagonists?

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Any receptor has a ligand that activates it.

Agonist - fits onto the receptor and mimics the ligand to activate the signal (facilitator)

Antagonist - fits onto the receptor and blanks it off to prevent the signal (inhibitor / blocker)

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What is Bioavailability

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the portion of the dose that is absorbed into systemic circulation

26
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What is Potency

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Amount of dose required to achieve 50% of the maximum effect
Potency is the affinity of the drug for the receptor (most of the drug is bound to a receptor so don’t need much)

27
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What is Efficacy

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the maximum effect that can be achieved by a drug. Impacted by how well the drug binds to the receptor (esp if an inhibitor as need to stick better than the ligand)

28
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Describe first order kinetics

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Rate Drug is metabolised and eliminated (in urine by kidneys, in urine after breaking down into metabolites liver (hematic function), from lungs etc) via a half-life curve.
Drug is said to be eliminated in 5 half-lives. Also, oral administration takes 4-6 half lives to get to therapeutic range (for pharmacodynamic effect)

Dose rate is to maintain drug concentration in blood plasma in the therapeutic range

Short half life (adrenaline) is a couple of minutes or so. Fluoxetine = 6 days.

29
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What is zero order kinetics

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The rate of metabolism / elimination is independent of concentration in the plasma. The rate remains constant with respect to time.

As drug concentration increases metabolism can shift from first order to zero order kinetics (paracetamol)

30
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What drugs are used in the brain / nervous system

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Analgesics (Opioids, NSAIDS, Non-opioids)

Sleeping Drugs (Benzodiazepines - BDZ’s such as temazapam)

Anti-anxiety (BDZ’s - diazepam, betablockers - propanolol, serotonergic receptors - ondasetron)

Anti-depressants (tricyclics, selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors - SSRI’s, Monoamine oxidase inhibitors - MAOI’s)

Anti-psychotics (Phenothiazines)

Antiepileptics (Lamotrigine)

Antiparkinson

Stimulants

Migraine (Propanolol, sumitriptan, NSAIDS, paracetamol)

Anti-emetics (Ondasetron) – anti-nausia – loads on wiki.

31
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What drugs are used for the respiratory system?

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Bronchodilators
β2 agonists - Salbutamol, salmeterol

Anticholinergics –
iprotropium, xanthines,

Corticosteroids –
FP

decongestants –
ephedrine).

32
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What drugs are used for the heart and circulation?

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Digoxin (Increases forces of contraction in failed heart by reducing impulses through atrioventricular node (AVN) so contractions are less often),

β-blockers (β 1- blockers propanolol reduce blood pressure and prevent angina)
Vasodilators (ACE Inhibitors, K+ channel activators, Ca++ channel blockers)

Diuretics (vs high BP / heart failure = loopdiuretics, thiazides, K+ sparing).

Treatments:
Anti-arrythmias (work on pacemaker sinoatrial node (SAN) = β blockers, digoxin, Ca++ channel)

Anti-anginas (Angina = not enough O2 to heart due to narrowing arteries = nitrates - glyceryl trinitrate,  β -blockers)

Anti-hypertensives (High BP = ACE inhibitors, β - blockers, Ca++ antagonists, diuretics)

Lipid lowering, blood clotting (Factor VIII, heparin, warfarin)

33
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What drugs for the GastroIntestinal Tract?

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Antacids
AlOH, CaCO3, MgOH

Anti-ulcer
H2 blockers – ranitidine. Proton pump inhibitor – omeprazole
Anti-diarrhoeal
Opioids, antispasmodics - imodium, bulking - kaolin

Laxatives (bulking)

Irritable bowel syndrome (Corticosteroids)

34
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What are rectal drugs

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Corticosteroids

35
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What are the different types of parenteral bolus injection

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Intramuscular (straight n deep)
Subcutaneous (Slight angle)
Intravenous (shallower)
Intradermal (super shallow)
Epidural (space around the spinal chord – eek)
Intrathecal (into the spinal canal – super-eek)
Feeding (into the stomach)

36
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What drugs are injected Intramuscular?

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Concentrated dose of Continuous Release
Vaccinations
B12 injections

37
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What drugs are injected Subcutaneous?

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Gradual and Prolonged release
Insulin
Heparin

38
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What drugs are injected Intravenous?

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Immediate therapeutic effet required
Allergenic reaction, heart attack, pain management and anaesthesia

39
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What drugs are injected Intradermal?

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Allergy testing – tuberculin skin testing
Local anaesthetic and botox

40
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What drugs are injected Epidural?

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Localised pain relief – childbirth, postoperative care

41
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What drugs are injected Intrathecal?

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Precise delivery of medivations with minimised systemic impact
Conditions affecting central nervous system

42
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What drugs are injected Feeding?

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Concentrated liquid nutrition

43
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What is the therapeutic window?

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The range of drug dosages which can treat disease effectively without having toxic effects

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