Pharmacokinetics Flashcards
Study of the mechanisms and quantitative characteristics of drug liberation, drug absorption, distribution, metabolism/biotransformation, and excretion (ADME)
Pharmacokinetics
4 aspects studied by pharmacokinetics
Drug absorption, distribution, metabolism/biotransformation, and excretion (ADME)
passage of drug between site of administration and vascular compartment
Absorption
Enteral routes of administration (4)
Oral, buccal, sublingual, rectal
3 Non-alimentary routes of administration
Pulmonary/inhalation, Parenteral (IV, intraperitoneal, intra-arterial, intraspinal, subcutaneous, intramuscular), topical
Many quick dissolve drugs are not actually sublingual or buccal forms, but simply this
Drug delivery systems that quickly dissolve in the moisture of the mouth
Dissolved drug must be swallowed for absorption
Sublingual and buccal routes of administration are limited to drugs that are _____ soluble and taste good
Lipid soluble
Can you split extended release tablets/capsules/pills?
No
Route of administration that is Usable in unconscious patient, vomiting patient, and in infants
Compliance is major problem
Good absorptive profile
NO first pass effect
Rectal route
Is there first pass effect with rectal route of administration?
No
To be absorbed in the stomach, a drug must be ______
Acidic
Basic drugs likely get absorbed here
In the intestine
If they survive the acidic environment of the stomach
Occurs when portal blood delivers a drug to the liver
The liver biotransforms the drug before it reaches systemic circulation
OR Liver extracts the drug into the bile before it reaches systemic circulation
Net effect: the amount of unchanged drug entering systemic circulation is reduced
May represent a loss of bioavailability
First Pass Effect
Describe the net effect of the First Pass Effect
The amount of unchanged drug entering systemic circulation is reduced
The first pass effect occurs because of this
Portal blood delivers drug to liver where it is biotransformed or extracted into the bile
Oral nitroglycerin is subject to this
First pass effect
Use sublingual route
Oral drug that is subject to first pass effect and uses sublingual route
Nitroglycerin
Primary area of absorption for oral route
Small intestine
Organ with large absorptive surface area
Possible first pass effect
Small intestine
Does the first pass effect occur with the small intestine?
Possible yes
Most absorption in the small intestine occurs here
In first 2 meters
Small intestine is primary area of absorption for this route
Oral route
Organ with limited role in drug absorption; small absorptive surface area, long ‘contact’ time
Dense contents limits access to absorptive surface
Large intestine
The inhalation route has good absorptive capacity here
In alveolar spaces
Route that is closest to ideal for diffusion
High surface area; highly permeable membranes
Many drugs do not reach this space, are not absorbed; Requires gas, aerosol or fine particle
Inhalation route
3 common adverse effects of the inhalation route
Cough, irritation of throat, bronchospasm
What type of drugs are inhalers for asthma and COPD?
Topical drugs (not inhaled drugs)
Only deliver drug to the upper airway structures without necessary entry into blood
Route of administration where systemic absorption is normally minimal
Drug must be non-irritating
Compliance depends on physical characteristics of drug or vehicle
Topical route
Route of administration that uses patch medications
Highly lipophilic drugs only
Generally used for short acting drugs
Slow onset of effect may be a limiting feature
Transdermal delivery
Transdermal deliver requires this type of drugs only
Highly lipophilic drugs only
Patch medications use this type of delivery
Transdermal
Route of administration involving proteins absorbed via lymph
Vehicle, volume, surface area, site of administration, environmental factors all contribute to absorption
Implants or suspensions can be used
Subcutaneous or intramuscular routes
Drugs given via the subcutaneous or intramuscular routes are absorbed via this
Lymph
Route of administration where sterile techniques and materials are obligatory
Rate of administration is important variable
Irreversible as drug is automatically in blood (so not real absorption)
Drug must be water soluble or micro-suspension
Only routes guaranteed to provide 100% bioavailability
Intravenous or intra-arterial routes
Only routes of administration guaranteed to provide 100% bioavailability
Intravenous or intra-arterial routes
Routes of administration where there is no absorption since drug is directly applied to the vascular space
Intravenous or intra-arterial routes
Routes of administration that are irreversible as drug is automatically in blood
Intravenous or intra-arterial routes
Intravenous or intra-arterial routes requires drugs that are this
Water soluble or micro-suspension
Does the first pass effect occur with the intraperitoneal route?
Yes
Route that is similar to oral without the problems associated with the stomach or intestine
First pass effect
Intraperitoneal
Route of administration where Drug is placed inside meninges
Requires high degree of training and skill
Little margin for error permitted
Ensues access to CNS with all inherent risks
NOT the same as an epidural
Intrathecal route
Drugs given via the intrathecal route are placed here
Inside meninges
4 drug characteristics that favor crossing membranes
Uncharged
Nonpolar
Low molecular weight
High lipid solubility
Drug permeation process that used for proteins and very large molecules
Endocytosis/exocytosis
Number used to predict the membrane permeability of a drug at different pH values
Negative log of a drug’s dissociation constant (pKa)
Henderson-Hasselbalch can be used to predict this
How much drug crosses membrane
Used to predict the portion of a drug that will permeate a membrane in a given pH environment based on the drug pKa
Henderson-Hasselbalch
Degree of ionization for weak acids are greater at ______ pH
Higher
Degree of ionization for weak acids are lesser at ______ pH
Lower
Degree of ionization for weak bases are greater at ______ pH
Lower
Degree of ionization for weak bases are lesser at ______ pH
Higher
Is the pKa for a drug constant?
Yes
Will a weak acid be ionized when solvent pH is less than its pKa?
Unionized
(acid - acid)
Will a weak acid be ionized when solvent pH is more than its pKa?
Ionized
(base - acid)
Will a weak base be ionized when solvent pH is less than its pKa?
Ionized
(acid - base)
Will a weak base be ionized when solvent pH is more than its pKa?
Unionized
(base - base)
If pH < pKa, solvent is _____ relative to drug
Acidic
If pH > pKa, solvent is _____ relative to drug
Basic
Weak acids are ionized in ______ solvents
Basic
Weak acids are unionized in ______ solvents
Acid
Weak bases are ionized in ______ solvents
Acidic
Weak bases are unionized in ______ solvents
Basic
10 ^ ([pH - pKa]) predicts this
Ratio of drug ionized to unionized
ATP-driven efflux transporter expressed in intestine and other tissues
‘Pumps’ drugs back into the intestinal lumen or out of cells and into blood
Substrates include anti-cancer drugs, immunosuppressive drugs and some drugs used to treat heart failure
Reduces absorption
P-glycoprotein (Pgp)
P-glycoprotein does this
Pumps drugs back into intestinal lumen or out of cells and into blood
Reduces absorption
P-glycoprotein expression is increased by this
TB antibiotic rifampicin
Leads to reduced drug absorption
TB antibiotic rifampicin has this affect on P-glycoprotein
Induces expression, leads to reduced drug absorption
TB antibiotic rifampicin has this affect on drug absorption
Reduces due to increased expression of P-glycoprotein
P-glycoprotein is inhibited by this drug, thus increasing drug absorption
Verapamil
Fraction of total drug administered that is transferred to blood (how much drug eventually gets into circulation)
Bioavailability (F)
Bioavailability (F) of IV route
1
Oral route has bioavailability F<100% due to this
First pass metabolism by liver and incomplete absorption into systemic blood
Effect that removes drug before systemic circulation
First pass metabolism
This can be reduced by formation of insoluble complexes in GI
Bioavailability
Equation to convert dosage when changing drug formulation
Dose1 x F1 = Dose2 x F2
How many nanograms in a microgram?
1 ug = 1000 ng
Blood flow to a tissue/region determines the rate of drug delivery and can contribute to termination of drug action
Distribution
Key concept of distribution
A mathematically definable space to which drug may enter and exit
Compartments
3 possible compartments involved in drug distribution
Plasma, interstitial fluid, and cells
Changes in this compartment will be directly reflective of changes in connected areas
Plasma