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Pharmacokinetic Concepts Flashcards

1
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What are some pharmacokinetic parameters

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Half-life, clearance

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What can pharmacokinetic parameters be used to predict?

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Drug dose, dose intervals, dosing in renal impairment

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What is the prime goal of any drug therapy?

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To achieve the desired beneficial effects with minimal adverse effects.
The choice of a drug will be governed by the effect desired (pharmacodynamics)
The dose of a drug, route, formulations, frequency will be determined by the pharmacokinetic characteristics (pharmacokinetic)

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Why is plasma concentrations used?

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Proxy of drug concentrations. It is not feasible to routinely measure drug concentrations in other tissues/organs

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How do we determine the amount of drug to give a patient to achieve the plasma concentration that will provide the optimum therapeutic effect but minimal toxocity?

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By application of basic pharmacokinetic principles to our clinical reasoning

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What is the therapeutic window?

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The concentration of a drug where therapeutic benefits are gained from a drug within a window below which there is no therapeutic benefit and above which there are harmful effects (toxicity).

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What happens to the therapeutic window of a drug between IV and oral doses?

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Therapeutic window is the same but there are different absorption and elimination profiles for IV and oral delivery

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What is oral bioavaliability?

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Is the proportion of an administered dose of a drug which reaches the systemic circulation intact.
For IV the proportion is 100%.

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What is a margin of safety?

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The difference between effective dose and toxic dose

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What is bioequivalent?

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Different brands of drugs should be similar to the innovator brand.

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11
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What is the bioavailability calculation from IV to oral?

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IV drug / Oral bioavailability

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What is the bioavailability calculation from oral to IV?

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IV drug x Oral bioavailability

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13
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What is cMax?

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Maximum plasma concentration

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What is Tmax?

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Time to reach maximum plasma concentration

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What is volume of distributoin?

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The apparent volume that the drug would distribute to if it was found in the body in the same concentration as is found in the plasma after a single dose. Expressed as volume/L.
Gives us an idea of how readily the drug distributes from the plasma.

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What is the volume of distribution (Vd) calculation?

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Vd (L) = amount (dose) of drug given (mg) / Concentration of drug in plasma (mg/L)

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What does a high Vd mean?

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Wide distribution to the various organs and tissues

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What does a low Vd mean?

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The drug is restricted to the plasma and ECF - poor distributed

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How does age affect Vd?

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Vd is based on normal population values, these will change with age due to less body water and disease states

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What is clearance?

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Measures the ability of the body to eliminate the drug.
It is expressed as volume/unit of time (e.g. mL/min) and represents the volume of blood completely cleared of the drug per unit of time

21
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What is total clearance?

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Is a combination of all routes of elimination i.e. CI (total) = CI (renal) + CI (hepatic) + CI (other sites)

22
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What is the Clearance calculation?

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Vd / renal clearanceL/min = xminutes

23
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How do you assess kidney function?

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Clearance of drugs is affected by organ function especially kidneys.
Kidney function is estimated using the glomerular filtration rate (GFR) mL/min

24
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At what GFR is kidney failure?

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0-15mL/min

25
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At what GFR is kidney disease?

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15-60mL/min

26
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At what GFR is normal kidney function?

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60-120mL/min

27
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What is the most common measure to estimate GFR?

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Creatinine clearance (ClCr)

28
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What is creatinine?

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It is a waste metabolite produced by muscles from the breakdown of a compound called creatine and is produced at a relatively constant rate related to muscle mass. It is completely filtered by the kidney and not reabsorbed through the nephron.

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How is eGFR calculated?

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Uses serum creatinine, gender, ethnicity, & age to calculate eGFR. Is is reported in mL/min/1.73m2 i.e. body surface area of 1.73m2.

30
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What are some limitations to the use of eGFR?

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Extremes of body size, high protein diet, under 18 years, ethnicity factors not yet calculated for other ethnic groups.

31
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What is half-life?

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It is the time taken for the concentration of the drug in the plasma to increase (accumulate) or decrease (elimination) by 50% (half)

32
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What is the half life dependent on?

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volume of distribution and clearance

33
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What is the half life calculation?

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t1/2 = 0.693 Vd / Cl

34
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What does the half life determine?

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Half life determines the time to reach constant effective concentrations in the plasma and the appropriate dosing interval to maintain that concentration

35
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What is steady state (Css)?

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When the amount of drug entering the blood

36
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What is steady state (Css)?

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When the amount of drug entering the bloodstream (absorption) is equal to the mount of drug being eliminated (metabolism & excretion) from the bloodstream

37
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How is Css determined?

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By the half-life of the drug and is generally attained after approximately 4 half lives when repeated doses are given

38
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What is the loading dose used for?

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May be given to quickly attain Css, particularly if the drug has a long half-life

39
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What is the therapeutic window?

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This is the range of concentration at which the drug is therapeutically effective with the minimum unwanted side effects

40
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What is the calculation for therapeutic index?

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minimum toxic dose / minimum effective concentration

41
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What is ED50?

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Is the effective dose in 50% of the population

42
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What is TD50?

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Is the toxic dose in 50% of the population

43
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What is target concentration?

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This will be a concentration within the therapeutic window . It makes no sense to under dose, could e seen as potentially as harmful as over dosing

44
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What is minimum effective concentration?

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The minimum concentration at which a therapeutic response (pharmacodynamic effect) is obtained

45
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What is the maximum recommended concentration (or minimum toxic concentration)

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The maximum effective concentration above which toxic/unwanted side effects occur

46
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What is the loading dose equation?

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LD = volume of distribution x TC / Bioavailability

47
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What is the maintenance dose concentration?

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MD = clearance x TC / Bioavailability

48
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What is therapeutic drug monitoring?

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Sampling of drugs to ensure they are within the therapeutic index. Especially drugs with a narrow therapeutic index e.g. gentamicin, vancomycin, lithium, amiodarone, clozapine

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