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M4: Pharmacology-Pharmacokinetics > Pharmacokinetics > Flashcards

Pharmacokinetics Flashcards

1
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Process involved (LADME)

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Pharmacokinetics
Transport
Liberation
Absorption
Distribution
Metabolism
Excretion

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▪️ movement through the cell membrane
▪️ basic requirement: drug must be in aqueous solution except in pinocytosis where drug is in missile form

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Transportation

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Two types of mechanism of transport in Pharmacokinetics

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  1. Passive Diffusion
  2. Carrier-mediated Transport
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▪️ dominant, most common; slowest; no enery requirement
▪️ along concentration gradient (high to low)
▪️ governed by Fick’s Law Diffusion

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Passive diffusion

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5
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“LUNA”

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Lipophilic
Unionized
Non-Polar
Absorbed

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“HIPE”

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Hydrophilic
Ionized
Polar
Excreted

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▪️ selectivity/ specificity- carriers recognize specific molecules
▪️ subject to competition, inhibition or antagonism
▪️ Michaelis-Menten Kinetics/ non-linear kinetics/ capacity limited

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Carrier-Mediated Transport

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8
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Drug that crosses the BBB because of large neutral AA transporter (LNAAT)

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Levodopa

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Elimination is DEPENDENT on drug concentration

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First Order

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▪️Drug clearance is on a constant rate
▪️INDEPENDENT on drug concentration

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Zero Order

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Energy requiring; against concentration gradient (uphill); fastest

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Active Transport

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No energy requirement; along concentration gradient; passive diffusion with carrier

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Facilitated Diffusion

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13
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Drug passes through water filled pores; only paracellular transport mechanism

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Convective Transport / Bulk Flow

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14
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Important for movement or transport of large ions

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Ion-Pair Transport

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15
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▪️ release of drug from the dosage form
▪️ end product: drug in aqueous form/sol’n
▪️ highly modifiable

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Liberation

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▪️Physiologic: rate and extent of drug disappearance from the site of administration
▪️Pharmacokinetic: rate and extent of drug entry into the systemic circulation

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Absorption

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17
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Is the measure of rate and extent of drug entry into the systemic circulation / pharmacokinetic absorption

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Bioavailability [BA] or [F]

18
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2 Methods of Bioavailability

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  1. Cumulative Urinary Excretion Data
  2. Drug Plasma Concentration vs Time Graph
19
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Maximum plasma concentration; measures both rate and extent of absorption; most variable

20
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Time it takes to reach Cmax; measures rate only; least important

21
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Area under the curve; measures extent only; most important

22
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Types of BA

▪️ same dose, different routes

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Absolute Bioavailability

23
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Types of BA

▪️ use when comparing a generic drug to a reference standard
▪️ same dose, same route particularly PO

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Relative Bioavailability

24
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Main site of drug absorption

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Small intestine

25
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Time it takes the stomach to empty its contents into the small intestine

Normal: 2-3 hours

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Gastric Emptying Time (GET)

26
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Faster Emptying, Faster Absorption, Lower

27
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What Factors Increasing GET (slower absorption)

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▪️high fat / protein meal, happy meal
▪️ stress
▪️ strenuous exercise (heavy)
▪️ gastric ulcers
▪️ lying on the LEFT side
▪️ anticholinergics, opioid, morphine, nalbuphine

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What Factors Decreasing GET (faster absorption)

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▪️ extreme temperature of food
▪️ mild exercise
▪️ DM
▪️ lying on the RIGHT side
▪️ cholinomimetics
▪️ prokinetics: domperidone metoclopramide

29
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▪️ SAME API, salt / ester / complex and dosage form and strength
▪️ DIFFERENT in excipients used such as flavorants and colorings

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Pharmaceutical Equivalents

30
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▪️SAME API
▪️DIFFERENT salt/ester/complex, dosage form & strength

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Pharmaceutical Alternative

31
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▪️SAME API in the same dosage form and route of administration
▪️ Similar bioavailability

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Therapeutic Equivalents

32
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▪️SAME drug class
▪️DIFFERENT API

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Therapeutic Alternatives

33
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Reversible transfer of a drug from the systemic circulation to the site of action and to the other compartment

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Distribution

34
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Pharmacokinetic Parameters:

Hypothetical value of body fluid required to dissolve a given amount of drug concentration equal to that of plasma concentration

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Volume of distribution (Vd)

35
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Drugs that undergo extensive protein binding (WNMS)

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Warfarin
NSAIDs (Phenylbutazone)
Midazolam
Sulfa drugs

36
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▪️Biotransformation
▪️Primary Goal: to convert drugs into an inactive / less active non-toxic / less toxic polar, water soluble

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Metabolism

37
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Initially inactive

38
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Aka Pre-systemic metabolism

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First Pass Effect

39
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▪️Final loss drug from the body
▪️Requirement: polar, water soluble

40
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▪️Main excretory organ
▪️Requirement: Polar; Low MW <400-600

41
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▪️Slow Acetylators
▪️Fast Acetylators

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▪️Caucasians
▪️Asians

M4: Pharmacology-Pharmacokinetics (50 decks)

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