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Define absorption

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Process of transfer from the site of administration into the general or systemic circulation

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Name the routes of medicinal administration

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  1. Oral
  2. IV
  3. Intra Arterial
  4. Intramuscular
  5. Subcutaneous
  6. Inhalational
  7. Topical
  8. Sublingual
  9. Rectal
  10. Intrathecal
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What must all drugs do when delivered into the body

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Cross at least one membrane in its passage from site of administration to the general circulation (including intracellular sites)

Exception of IV or IA

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Four different ways substances can move across the plasma membrane

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  1. Passive diffusion
  2. Diffusion through pores or ion channels
  3. Carrier mediated processes
  4. Pinocytosis
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What property do drugs need to have in order to move passively across the plasma membrane

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Lipid solubility to cross phospholipid bilayer

Rate of diffusion is proportional to concentration gradient, area and permeability of membrane and inversely proportional to thickness

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What property do drugs need to have to move down ion channels

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Be very small water-soluble molecules

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What substance do carrier proteins need to move substances into a cell and why

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ATP

Substances moved against their concentration gradient

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What are carrier proteins also called

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ATP-binding cassette

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How many carrier proteins (ABCs) do we have

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49

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What is so special about P-gp

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An ABC that removes a wide range of drugs from cytoplasm to extracellular side

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What drug inhibits P-gp

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Verapamil to increase conc. of anti-cancer drugs in the cytoplasm,

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How do substances move down carrier proteins passively

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facilitated diffusion

or co-transport to move it against a conc. gradient

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How many SLCs (solute carriers) are there

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300

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14
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Where is OAT1 found

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Kidney

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Role of OAT1

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Secretes Penicillin and Uric acid

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What drug blocks the action of OAT 1

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Probenecid so uric acid is excreted

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What drugs tend to be taken up by cells via pinocytosis

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Amphotericin into the liposome

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What is the basic property for most drugs

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Ionisation as they can be either weak acids or bases

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What property do ionised drugs have

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Water-soluble

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20
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What property do non-ionised drugs have

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Lipid soluble

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What is the PKa of a drug

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pH at which half of the substance is ionised and half is unionised

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Where are weak acids best absorbed

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Stomach

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Where are weak bases best absorbed

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Intestines

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pH in urine vs plasma and what is the consequence of an aspirin overdose because of this

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Lower in urine than plasma

Aspirin overdose is a weak acid so will be largely un-ionised and reabsorbed into plasma

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How do we prevent aspirin overdose
Alkalinise urine with IV bicarbonate to reduce reabsorption of aspirin + elimination
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Easiest delivery of drugs
Oral route
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Why is the oral route efficient
Large SA and high blood flow of small intestines gives rapid and complete absorption of oral drugs
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What is the major determinant of drug absorption
Drug structure
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What properties do drugs need to have to maximise absorption
1. Drugs need to be lipid-soluble to be absorbed from gut
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What is the problem with highly polarised drugs
Only partially absorbed and most passes into faeces (Olsalazine) Drug must disintegrate and dissolve to be absorbed rapidly
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When is Olsalazine given
Colonic IBD
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Problem with drugs that are faced with low pH of the stomach
They may be unstable
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How do we overcome drugs that may become unstable at low pH levels
They are formulated to dissolve slowly or have a coating resistant to the acidity of the stomach (enteric coating)
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How can gastric emptying be delayed
Food, drugs or trauma
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How can gastric emptying be faster
Gastric surgery
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What four major barriers do drugs have to pass to reach circulation
Intestinal Lumen Intestinal Wall Liver Lungs
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What three bonds can be spilt in the stomach
Peptide Ester Glycosidic Bonds
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Role of colonic bacteria in drug metabolism
Hydrolysis and reduction of drugs
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What is a special property of the upper intestinal walls
Rich in cellular enzymes
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Name a cellular enzyme in the upper intestinal wall
MAO (Mono Amine Oxidases)
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How can drug absorption be limited in the intestines
Luminal membrane of enterocytes contains P-gp which moves drugs back out into the intestinal lumen
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How does extensive bowel surgery affect drug absorption
Poor oral absorption as little surface left
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What circulation do drugs absorbed from the intestines move down and to where
Splanchnic circulation to the liver
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How do we avoid hepatic drug metabolism
Deliver drug to region of gut not drained by splanchnic
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How long does IV, Interosseous take until effect
30-60 seconds
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How long does inhalation and endotracheal drug delivery take for it to have an effect
2-3 minutes
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How long does it take for sublingual drug delivery to take effect
3-5 minutes
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How long does it take for intramuscular drug delivery to take effect
10-20 minutes
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How long does it take for subcutaneous drug delivery to take effect
15-30 minutes
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How long does it take for rectal delivery to take effect
5-30 minutes
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How long does it take for drugs to take effect by indigestion
30-90 minutes
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Why do we need potent, non-irritant drugs to move across human epidermis
Effective barrier to water-soluble compounds which can limit rate of absorption of lipid soluble drugs
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How do we deliver drugs transcutaneously
Using transdermal patches
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When is intradermal and subcutaneous drug delivery used
Used for local effect (local anaesthetic) or contraceptives
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Why are intradermal and subcutaneous drug deliveries effective
Avoids barrier of stratum corneum
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How is intradermal and subcutaneous drug delivery limited
Blood flow
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What two factors effect intramuscular drug delivery
Blood flow | Water solubility
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How are intramuscular drugs delivered
Depot injection | Incorporate lipophilic formulation which releases drugs over days
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Disadvantage of intranasal drugs
Low level of proteases and drug metabolising enzymes
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Advantage of intranasal drugs
Good SA
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Benefits of inhalation drugs
Large SA | Blood flow
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Limitations of inhalation drugs
Risk of toxicity to alveoli | Delivery of non-volatile drugs
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What drugs are used inhalation ally
Volatiles General Anaesthetics Locally acting drugs
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Why are asthma drugs non-effective inhalation-wise
Only 5% delivered to small airways Non-volatile
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Describe the equilibrium shifts with IV drug injections
1. High initial plasma conc. 2. Rapid perfusion of drug into tissue 3. Drug perfusion slows 4. Plasma conc. decreases 5. Conc. in highly perfused tissues decrease
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Where does reversible protein binding occur
To albumin
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Why is protein binding needed
Lowers free conc. of drug and releases bound drug when plasma conc. decreases
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How is albumin-bound drug released
Redistribution | Elimination
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What is the consequence of irreversible binding of drugs to plasma proteins
Basically eliminated as they can't enter circulation
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What property of drugs allow ease of movement from blood to brain
Lipid-soluble
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What drugs struggle to moves across BBB
Water-soluble
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How do mechanisms prevent too high a conc. of drugs in the brain
Efflux transporters being present
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How are drugs removed from the brain other than efflux transporters
Diffusion into plasma via Active Transport in CSF
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What drug property is important in pregnancy
Lipid-soluble, SMALL drugs that can readily move across the placenta LARGE molecules don't cross the placenta
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What is the issue with drugs moving through placenta
Blood flow through it is slow so slow equilibration with foetus
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What drug will not pass the placenta
Heparin
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Why are drugs not easily metabolised by foetus
Low levels of drug metabolising enzymes so rely on maternal elimination
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How do opiates given to the mother during labour effect the newborn
Persist in them as they have to eliminate them (causes sleepy baby)
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Define metabolism
Transformation of drug molecule into a different molecule
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Define excretion
Molecule is expelled in liquid, solid or gaseous waste
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What happens during metabolism of drugs
Drugs converted to water-soluble products and removed in urine
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What would be the consequence is lipid-soluble drugs remain lipid soluble
Reabsorbed
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What is phase I drug metabolism
Transformation of drug to more polar metabolite by exposing or adding a functional group (-OH, NH2) Oxidation and reduction reactions by CYP450
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Where are CYP450 found
SER
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Which CYPs are involved in drug metabolism
CYP1-4
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What two environmental factors induce P450 enzymes
Smoking | Alcohol
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What drugs/foods inhibit P450
Grapefruit | Cimetidine
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differences in CYPs
They metabolise at different rates
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Where else can drugs be metabolised
Plasma, lung or gut
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What enzyme metabolises Ethanol and in which phase
Alcohol dehydrogenase - phase I
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What enzymes inactivates noradrenaline
Monoamine Oxidase
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What enzyme inactivated 6-nercaptopurine
Xanthine
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What are phase II reactions
Involves formation of a covalent bond between drug or its phase I metabolite and endogenous substrate
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Property of products form phase II reactions
Less active
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Where do phase II reactions take place
Cytoplasm Mitochondrial Microsomal
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Difference between products of phase I and phase II reactions
Phase I - Active or inactive | Phase II - Inactive. water soluble
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What type of drugs are excreted in fluids
Low molecular weight polar compounds
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What drugs are excreted in solids
High MWT compounds excreted in bile
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What drugs are excreted in gases
Volatiles
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Formula for total excretion
Glomerular filtration + tubular secretion - reabsorption
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Describe faecal excretion of drugs
high weight molecules taken up by HEPATOCYTES Into BILE Drugs reabsorbed and re-enter hepatic portal vein

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