Pharmacology Flashcards
Km
proportional to 1/affininty of enzyme of substrate
Vmax
proportional to enzyme conc
Vd=
amount of drug in body/plasma conc
Clearance
rate of elimination of drug/plamsa drug conc: Vd*Ke (elimination constant)
Half life
t1/2=0.7*Vd/Clearance
Loading dose/maintenance dose
Loading dose=CpVd/F, Maintenance dose=CpCL*dosage interval/F
Amount of half lives to reach steady state
4-5 half lives
What is dosage interval constant and Cp constant
Dosage interval (time between doses), if not administered continuously Cp-target plasma concentration in steady state
3 drugs that have zero order elimination
Phenytoin, Ethanol, Aspirin
Treat weak acid overdose with?
Bicarbonate
Treat weak base overdose with?
Ammonium chloride
Phase geriatric patients lose first?
Phase I
Therapeutic index equation
TD50/TE50=median toxic tose/median effective dose
Drugs with lower therapeutic index
Digoxin, warfarin, lithium, theophylline “THEO, DIEGO went to WAR over LITHIUM”
Competitive antagonist example
Diazepam (agonist + flumazenil (competitive antagonist) on GABA receptor
Noncompetitive antagonist example
Norepinephrine (agonist) + phenoxybenzamine (noncompetitive antagonist on alpha receptor)
Example of partial agonist
Morphine (full agonist) vs. buprenorphine (partial agonist) at opioid mu receptors
Prevents ACh packaging in vesicles
Vesamicol
Prevents NE release for noradrenergic axon
a2 negative feedack, bretylium, guanethidine
Prevents tyrosine to DOPA conversion
metyrosine
Postoperative ileus, neurogenic ileus, urinary retention
Bethanechol
Constricts pupil and relieves intraocular pressure in glaucoma
Carbachol
Challenge test for diagnosis of asthma
Methacholine
Potent stimulator of sweat, tears, and saliva. Open- and closed angle glaucoma. Open angle constricts what and close angle constricts what?
Pilocarbine
Open-ciliary muscle contraction
Closed-pupillary sphincter muscle contraction