Pharmacokinetics Flashcards
Process involved (LADME)
Pharmacokinetics
Transport
Liberation
Absorption
Distribution
Metabolism
Excretion
▪️ movement through the cell membrane
▪️ basic requirement: drug must be in aqueous solution except in pinocytosis where drug is in missile form
Transportation
Two types of mechanism of transport in Pharmacokinetics
- Passive Diffusion
- Carrier-mediated Transport
▪️ dominant, most common; slowest; no enery requirement
▪️ along concentration gradient (high to low)
▪️ governed by Fick’s Law Diffusion
Passive diffusion
“LUNA”
Lipophilic
Unionized
Non-Polar
Absorbed
“HIPE”
Hydrophilic
Ionized
Polar
Excreted
▪️ selectivity/ specificity- carriers recognize specific molecules
▪️ subject to competition, inhibition or antagonism
▪️ Michaelis-Menten Kinetics/ non-linear kinetics/ capacity limited
Carrier-Mediated Transport
Drug that crosses the BBB because of large neutral AA transporter (LNAAT)
Levodopa
Elimination is DEPENDENT on drug concentration
First Order
▪️Drug clearance is on a constant rate
▪️INDEPENDENT on drug concentration
Zero Order
Energy requiring; against concentration gradient (uphill); fastest
Active Transport
No energy requirement; along concentration gradient; passive diffusion with carrier
Facilitated Diffusion
Drug passes through water filled pores; only paracellular transport mechanism
Convective Transport / Bulk Flow
Important for movement or transport of large ions
Ion-Pair Transport
▪️ release of drug from the dosage form
▪️ end product: drug in aqueous form/sol’n
▪️ highly modifiable
Liberation
▪️Physiologic: rate and extent of drug disappearance from the site of administration
▪️Pharmacokinetic: rate and extent of drug entry into the systemic circulation
Absorption