PHARMACOLOGY💊 Flashcards
any chemical substance used in the diagnosis, tx & prevention of diseases
Drug
Most convenient route of administration
Oral PO
Most rapid
Inhalation
Emergency , rapid onset
IV
Most important site of absorption
Small Intestine
Duodenum
10 inches
Jejunum
8 feet
Ileum
12 feet
Gastric emptying
4 hrs
Most important factor that governs absorption
Lipid Solubility
Henderson Hasselbalch Equation
Weak Acids- acidic- non-ionized
Weak Bases- basic - Non- Ionized
Weak Acid- basic - Ionized
Weak Bases -acidic - Ionized
All Local Anesthetics are
BASES
Safe BP control for pregnancy
Methyldopa
Hydralazine
Zero Order Kinetics Drugs TAPE
- Theophylline
- Aspirin
- Phenytoin
- Ethanol
Lipid soluble to water soluble
Metabolism
reduction & oxidation
Phase 1
Conjugation (transferase) glycine conj. glucuronidation acetylation sultation
Phase 2
Major organ for metabolism
Liver
Largest family of reductase & oxidases of drug metabolism
Cytochrome p450 phase 1
Highest Hepatic 1st Pass
Oral Route
Higher Plasma Concentration
Faster Elimination = Linear Kinetics
Most drug follw this
1st Order Kinetics
Time required to reduce the amount of drug in the body by one half
Half- life (t 1/2)
regulatory proteins
Receptors
Examples of receptors
Transporters
LA (NaK channels)
Enzymes
drugs that binds to & activates a receptor or stabilizes the receptor in its active state
Agonist
drugs that binds to & activates the receptos to the Maximum Extent
Full Agonist
drug that binds to activates the receptor to a LESSER EXTENT even when dose is increased
Partial Agonist
drug that has a higher affinity for the inactive receptor therefore reducing the receptor’s constitutive activity - NO physiologic activation will be observed
Inverse Agonist
route of administration is placed in the space beneath the tongue & upon dissolutionof thd dosage form, becomes absorbed through thr sublingual veins into the systemic circulation
Sublingual Administration - this route bypasses the hepatic circulation
administered using a suppositorty. This route is ideal for a px who is unconscious or vomiting intractably
Rectal Administration
Parenteral ainjection bypass the GIT
IV, Subcutaneous, IM, Intradermal & Intrathecal routes