Midterm #3 Flashcards
Definition of Bioavailability
- Amount of unchanged drug reaching systemic circulation
- F=bioavailable dose/administered dose
- describes extent to which drug is absorbed
How to Measure Oral Bioavailability
F=(AUCoral/AUCiv)*(Div/Doral)
AUCoral=(F*Doral)/CL
Absolute vs Relative Bioavailability
- Absolute: oral AUC vs. IV AUC
- Relative: two oral formulation AUC
Measuring BA using Urinary Excretion Data
- Ae, iv=feDiv
- Ae,o=feDoF
- F=(Ae,o/Ae, iv)=(Ae,o/fe*D)
- Only applies to drugs with 30% or greater fe
Absorption Extent vs. Absorption Rate
- Extent: how much reaches systemic circulation
- absolute bioavailability (F)
- measured by (AUC/D), Aetotal, Cmax
- Rate: how fast
- ka or t1/2 absorption
- change in these affects Tmax and Cmax, may not affect extent (F, AUC)
Effect of Doubling Dose on Cmax and AUC
Double dose, double AUC and Cmax
Effect of decreasing F on Cmax and AUC
Decrease F, decrease Cmax and AUC proportionally
Effect of decreasing Ka of Tmax and Cmax
increases Tmax and decreases Cmax
Factors Affecting Oral Drug Absorption
- Dissolution
- Membrane Permeability
- First Pass metabolism
- Intestinal efflux and influx transporters
- Drug stability in GI tract
- GI physiology
- Food and other medications
Dissolution Effect on Oral Absorption
- depend on solubility, exciptient, formulation
- affects dissolution
Membrane Permeability Effect of Oral Absorption
- affects intestinal absorption
First Pass Metabolism Effect of Oral Absorption
- Affects intestinal absorption and liver first pass
Follow Pathway of Drug
- green=dissolution
- yellow=membrane permeability
- blue=efflux/influx transporters
- purple=drug stabilty
- pink=GI physiology
- gray=food and other meds
Effect of Formualtion
- Rate Tablet Dissintegration
- Tablet compression, excipients
- Rate of Dissolution
- particle size
- drug solubility
- Modified Release
- reduce frequency of admin
- deliver drug to site of action
Food and Oral Drug Absorption
- Delays gastric emptying
- Gastric secretion
- Bile salt secretion
- Bind Ca2+, reduces absorption
- Can interact with enzymes or transporter
Food and Acid Sensitive Drugs
- decreases Abs
- decreases Cmax
- decreases F
- Take 30-60 min before food
Brand Name Drugs
- A new drug (new chemical entity)
- Approved by FDA under New Drug Applications (NDAs)
- Marketed by the pharmaceutical company under a branded name
- Protected by patents for certain years
- Expensive
Generic Drugs
- Same active drug (chemical entity) as the brand name drug but sold under a different name (often the chemical name of the active drug)
- Approved by FDA under Abbreviated New Drug Applications (ANDAs)
- Cost-saving
1906 Pure Food and Drug Act
established regulation of Food and Drugs.
1938 Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic (FFD&C) Act
introduced safety standards.
1962 Kefauver-Harris Amendment to the FFD&C Act
tightened safety standards and introduced requirement that drugs must be effective.
1984 Hatch-Waxman Act
- created an abbreviated mechanism (ANDA) for approval of generic versions of brand-name drugs without conducting costly and duplicative pre-clinical and clinical testing.
- increased availability of generics, greatly reduced the cost of prescription drugs
Bioequivalence replaces these 3 things in ANDA
clinical studies, animal studies, bioavailabilty