Pharmacokinetics Flashcards
what is pharmacokinetics
the study of the time course of drug concentration in the body, usually as reflected in the plasma concentration (fate of drug in the body).
first order kinetics is also referred to as what
exponential kinetics characterized by a constant fractional change per unit time
first order kinetics is measured as what
the rate constant (Ke)
zero order kinetics is also referred to as what
saturation kinetics
first order kinetics is characterized by what
a constant amount of change per unit time
half-time or biological half life (t 1/2)
for drugs that are eliminated by first-order kinetics, the fractional change in the amount of drug in the blood is generally expressed by the half-life. Time required for 50% of the drug remaining in the body to be eliminated (or the time required for the blood concentration to decrease 50%).
rate constant of elimination (Ke)
For drugs that are eliminated by first-order kinetics, the rate constant is the fractional change per unit time (fraction/min, fraction/hour, etc)
rate constant of elimination (Ke) is equal to what
0.693 / t1/2
OR
t1/2 = 0.693/ke
what is clearance
the quantification of elimination
for most drugs in clinical setting, clearance is
constant
clearance represents the volume of
biological fluid that would have to be completely freed of drug to account for the rate of elimination (ie. the volume of body fluid processed in a given time)
clearance is expressed as
volume per unit time
individual organ clearances are
additive
ie. take renal cl, pulmonary cl etc. and add the volumes up to give you total systemic clearance
clearance can be calculated from what
- excretion rate/concentration
2. dose/area under the curve (AUC)
compartmental model of pharmacokinetics
uses selected model to “fit” parameters to data
noncompartmental model of pharmacokinetics
most use the same basic principles (Trapezoidal rule; observed data; calculated elimination rate constant; standard formulas for the rest)
Fate of a drug
- liberation
- absorption
- distribution
- metabolism
- excretion
what is liberation
release from matrix
what is absorption
process and rate
what is distribution
movement in body
what is metabolism
removal by biotransformation
what is excretion
physical removal from body
what are key pharmacokinetic parameters
- clearance
- volume of distribution
- half-life
- bioavailability
what is volume of distribution
concept for a given dose, the theoretical size necessary to produce a specific calculated exposure
what is half-life
the length of time necessary to reduce or “eliminate” 50% of the current level of drug
what is bioavailability
the fraction of the dose that reaches systemic circulation
f=1 for IV
assumptions of a one compartment model
- the body is a single compartment with a volume (V) and drug concentration (C)
- distribution of drug is uniform and rapid compared with absorption and elimination
- elimination of the drug conforms to 1st order kinetics
see diagram: slide 10-11
see diagram: slide 10-11
assumptions of a two compartment model
- the body contains 2 compartments, central and peripheral
- all kinetics are first order
- elimination is form the central compartment