Pharmacokinetics & Pharmacodynamics Flashcards
What is the difference between pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics?
PKs are the effects of the drug on the body
PDs are the effects of the body on the drug
What are the 4 broad ways in which drugs work?
Depression
Stimulation
Destruction
Replacement
Name some unconventional mechanisms of action.
Disruption of structural proteins
Enzymes
Covant linkage
Chemical reactions
What is the difference between an agonist and a partial agonist?
draw a dose response curve to show the difference?
An agonist will bind to a receptor fully whereas a partial agonist will only partially bind to a receptor to ellict a smaller response.
What is a competitive antagonist?
Draw the dose-response curve from competitive antagonists
Competitive antagonists bind to receptors at the same binding site as the endogenous ligand or agonist, but without activating the receptor.
What is the definition of bioavailabilty?
The fraction of a dose which finds its way into a body compartment, usuaully the circulation
What is the bioavaliability of an IV bolus?
100%
How would you measure bioavaliabilty for all routes apart from IV bolus?
Bioavaliability = Area under curve for route
Area under curve for IV
What does the area of the curve (AUC) represent?
The total drug exposure
Which factors effect bioavaliability?
- *A**bsorption of drug
- First pass metabolism
- *D**istribution
- Protein binding
- Volume of distribution (Vd)
Metabolism
Excretion
“ADME”
Give examples of some things that may effect absorption of a specific drug?
Drug formulation - intermediate vs modified release
Age of patient
Food intake
Vomiting, malabsorption
What is meant by the term “first pass metabolism”?
At what sites might this occur?
Metabolism occuring before the drug enters the systemic circulation
The gut lumen
The gut wall
The liver
Give some examples of drugs that are metabolised before they enter the systemic circulation i.e. at first pass metabolism
Insulin
Ciclosporin
Propanolol
The distribution of a drug refers to its ability to ________ in the body
‘dissolve’
Drug distribution can be divided into which two categories?
Protein binding
&
Volume of distribution (Vd)
In order to have a pharmalogical effect, most drugs must be bound or unbound?
Unbound (free)
Give some examples of circulating proteins that drugs might be bound to?
Albumin
Globulins
Lipoproteins
Acid glycoproteins
The amount of ______ drug determines its action at receptor
free
What does displacement of drugs from binding sites cause?
Protein Binding Drug Interactions
Changes in protein binding that cause changes in drug distribution are only important if which 3 criteria are met?
- high protein binding
- low Vd
- has narrow therapeutic ratio
Which factors may affect protein binding?
Hypoalbuminaemia
Pregnancy
Renal failure
Displacement by other drugs
Why does the risk of toxic effects of protein bound drug “A” increase when adding a highly protein bound drug?
The highly protein bound drug is going to take up the binding sites on protein and mean that amount of free drug A increases- the risk of toxic effects from drug A also increases
How do you work out volume of distribution?
Dose
Concentration of drug at time 0
The half life of a drug is ________ to Vd (and clearance)
Proportional
What are the amounts (in litres) of fluids in the major body compartments of a 70kg man?
Intracellular: 23l
Interstitial space: 14l
Intravascular space: 5l
What are the differences between phase I and phase II liver enzymes in relation to drug metabolism?
Phase I- oxidation & reduction by CYP enzymes
Phase II- conjugating enzymes: facilitate the addition of endogenous molecules such as glucuronic acid and glutathione
The end products of conjugation are ________ enabling rapid elimination from the body
water-soluble
True of Flase: The end products of conjugation are usually pharmacologically active
FALSE
They are usually inactive
CYP450 isoenzymes are present mainly where?
Where else can they be found?
Liver
Gut and lung
Give some examples of the major isoforms of cytochrome P450
CYP2D6
CYP3A4
CYP2C9