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What’s the difference between pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics?

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Pharmacokinetics: Body’s effect on the drug: ADME = absorption, distribution, metabolism, excretion
PharmacoDynamics: Drug’s effect on the body: dose-response and drug-receptor relationships

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__ is the cornerstone of pharmacology.

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The receptor

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The __ is the drug whose interaction with the receptor __ a biological response.

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agonist; stimulates

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Main effect

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characteristic intended effect

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Side effect

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unwanted or bothersome effect USUALLY RELATED to the main effect

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Toxic effect

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harmful or adverse effect of the drug; generally NOT DIRECTLY RELATED to main effect
often related to excessively high drug concentrations

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“How quickly will the drug act?” is a question of … (pharmaco-dynamics or -kinetics)

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Pharmacokinetics

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What are the the three general sites of drug action?

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1) Intracellular
2) Extracellular
3) Cell surface

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Neutralization of excessive gastric acid by antacids is an example of which site of action?

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Extracellular (also, heparin in preventing blood coagulation)

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Hormone treatment is an example of which site of action?

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Intracellular (also, cancer chemotherapy and infection tx)

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Agonist

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Drug that binds to receptor and stimulates a biological response

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Antagonist

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Drug that binds to a receptor without altering receptor function (doesn’t stimulate a response)

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EC(50)

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The concentration of a drug at which the drug effect is either at 50% of its maximum or compared to another known drug with the same effects

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Law of mass action

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[D] + [R] –> [DR] –> Effect

Words: Effect of a drug is directly proportional to the amount of drug-receptor complexes formed

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Rate of association =

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= k(1) [D][R]

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Rate of dissociation =

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= k (-1) [DR]

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Equilibrium Dissociation Constant

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rate of assoc. = rate of dissoc. at equilibrium; therefore, [D][R}/[DR] = K(D)

The lower the K(D) the higher the affinity

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How can you determine the number of occupied receptors from the drug concentration, max % of bound receptors (B) and K(D)?

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C x B / C + K(D)

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What are the three assumptions being made in the law of mass action?

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1) binding is totally reversible
2) D and R only exist as free and bound
3) all receptor sites are considered to have equivalent affinity for D and to be independent (vs. cooperativity)

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Potency

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The dose of a drug required to produce a particular effect of given intensity (usually measured as ED50). A response measurement.

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Affinity

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The ability of the drug to interact with the receptor (measured as K(D)). Usually in vitro.

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Efficacy

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Biological response resulting from drug-receptor interaction. (Typically plotted along y-axis)

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Maximal efficacy is often limited by ___.

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Partial agonist

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Work by shifting equilibrium of a receptor to be stimulated more frequently but not as much so as the full agonist.

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Look at the "example of concepts" slide to differentiate potency, efficacy, agonists, and partial agonists.
Just do it...
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Log dose-response curve when adding competitive antagonist
Magnitude of shift to the right is proportional to the concentration of antagonist added; the shape and maximal response are not altered
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Spare receptors
when a maximal response can be elicited by an agonist at a concentration that does not result in 100% occupancy of available receptors *Important in the action of irreversible antagonists*
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What makes a competitive antagonist irreversible?
The covalent binding (usually to the same site as the agonist)
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Noncompetitive antagonist
Different binding site; the antagonism cannot be completely reversed by increasing the concentration of agonist --> decrease Emax by occupying receptors ** Is reversible with drug withdrawal **
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As dose of noncompetitive antagonist is increased the ___ is progressively decreased.
Maximal response
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Functional (physiological) antagonism
two drugs influence the same physiological system but in opposite directions Exp. Ach decreased blood pressure, but can be offset by epinephrine
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Chemical antagonism
Direct i/a of agonist and antagonist where they react and form an inactive product Exp. calcium-containing antacids and tetracycline antibiotics
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Threshold of quantal log dose-response curves
The minimum effective dose of the drug which evokes an all-or-none response
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How does one make a quantal dose-response curve?
Doses required to produce a specified (yes or no) effect are log-normally distributed. Responses are then summated for each given dose and the resulting cumulative frequency distribution constitutes the curve
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ED(50)
= Median effective dose | = Dose required to produce the stated effect in 50% of the population
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LD(50) or TD(50)
Dose required to produce death or a particular toxic effect in 50% of the population
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Therapeutic Index
The relative safety of a drug expressed as the ratio of LD(50):ED(50) -Larger ratio--> greater relative safety
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This type of drug produces its effects after a characteristic lag period (can not alter a pathologic state within minutes).
Intracellular/hormonal drugs *Effect can persist long after the agonist concentration is reduced to zero.*
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What is an important structural characteristic of protein tyrosine kinases?
The span the lipid bilayer ONE time. --> Usually act as dimers. Exps. Insulin, EGF, and platelet derived growth factor receptors
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How is protein tyrosine kinase activity turned off?
Receptor down regulation by stimulating endocytosis once the receptor is stimulated.
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Ach, GABA, and many excitatory a.a. like glycine, aspartate, and glutamate are examples of _
Drugs that acts as ligands for gated ion channels
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How does the lag of action in ligand-gated channels/drugs compare to intracellular drugs?
Time elapsed after ligand/agonist binding to cellular response is often milliseconds- much shorter than that of intracellular drugs that must induce genetic change to have an effect.
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Adrenergic amines, serotonin, acetylcholine (for muscarinic effects) are examples of __.
Ligands for g-protein coupled receptors
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Effector enzyme and target enzymes of cAMP
Effector enzyme- adenylyl cyclase | Stimulates cAMP-dependent protein kinases (also EPAC)
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Effector enzyme and effects of phosphoinositides and diacylglycerol
Effector enzyme- phospholipase C (PLC)--> releases IP3 and DAG IP3-release of calcium DAG- can activate protein kinase C
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Effector enzyme and effects of cGMP
Effector enzyme- guanyl cyclase Activates cGMP-dependent protein kinases *Much more specific than other messenger systems*
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"Drug disposition tolerance"
a decrease in effective concentration of the agonist at the site of action--> decreased effect of drug Exp. Phenobarbital increases rate of biotransformation of a number of drugs which are metabolized by liver enzymes
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"Cellular or pharmacologic tolerance"
a decrease in the normal reactivity of the receptors i.e. down regulation or change in receptor affinity Most often seen with CNS drugs (narcotics, depressants, stimulants)
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Tachyphylaxis
ACUTE development of tolerance following rapid, repeated administration of a drug. Often happens when drugs have an indirect effect on target response. *Can NOT overcome this type of tolerance with increasing dose*
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What is an example of a drug that causes tachyphylaxis?
Ephedrine
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Idiosyncratic reaction
a genetically-determined abnormal reactivity to a drug ; often due to differences in drug metabolizing enzymes
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Type I Hypersensitivity (briefly)
- Immediate hypersensitivity or anaphylaxis - IgE production - IgE becomes fixed to mast cells - Subsequent exposure causes drug to bind to IgE and histamine, PGs etc to be released
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Type II Hypersensitivity (briefly)
- Antibody and complement mediated cytolytic reaction - Drug binds to cell surface --> makes cell look foreign - IgG and IgM activate classic complement system - Blood cells are primary target tissues * Subsides within months after removal of drug
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Type III Hypersensitivity (briefly)
- Immune complexes - Drug reacts in the blood with soluble IgG - Immune complex is deposited in vascular endothelium - Cell mediated immune response--> local inflammation and complement activation - SERUM SICKNESS, hemolysis and allergic nephritis * Subsides 1-2 weeks after drug is removed
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Type IV Hypersensitivity (EXTENDED VERSION)... jk (briefly)
- Delayed hypersensitivty (lymphocyte mediated) - Hours or days after exposure - Mediated by antigen contact with sensitized T cells and macrophages - Release of lymphokines/cytokines - Influx of neutrophils and macrophages - CONTACT DERMATITIS/TOPICAL DRUGS

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