Pharmacokinetics Flashcards
Metoclopramide
Absorption: Enhances gastric emptying rate
Antacids
Absorption: affects absorption of drugs requiring gastric fluid acidity for dissolution, forms unabsorbable complexes with drugs in gastrointestinal tract
Proton pump inhibitors
Absorption: affects absorption of drugs requiring gastric fluid acidity for dissolution
Cholestyramine
Absorption: adsorbs drugs in gastrointestinal tract
Iron
Absorption: forms unabsorbable complexes with drugs in gastrointestinal tract
Thiopental
Distribution: anesthetic inducing agent, rapid distribution to brain (seconds)
Theophylline
Metabolism: substrate of CYP1A2
Warfarin
Metabolism: substrate of CYP2C9. Completely bound by plans plasma proteins and had GFR = 0
Cigarette smoke
Metabolism: inducer of CYP1A2
Carbamazepine
Metabolism: Inducer of CYPs 2C9, 2C19, 3A4
Phenobarbital
Metabolism: Inducer of CYPs 2C9, 2C19, 3A4
Phenytoin
Metabolism: Inducer of CYPs 2C9, 2C19, 3A4, example of saturable kinetics of elimination
Rifampin
Metabolism: Inducer of CYPs 2C9, 2C19, 3A4
St. John’s Wort
Metabolism: Inducer of CYPs 2C9, 2C19, 3A4
Ethanol
Metabolism: Inducer of CYP2E1