Pharmacology - Sheet1 Flashcards
pharmacokinetcs
What the body does to the drug
pharmacodynamics
What the drug does to the body.
Important disadvantage oral administration
First pass effect, variable response
First Pass effect
Drug must first pass through portal vein to liver before reaching other organs. Metabolized and changed. Affects oral and to some extenct rectal. NOT sublingual
IM aqueous advantage
fast onset of action
IM non aqueous advantage
slow sustained response
What determines absorption in transdermal
lipid solubility
pH rule of thumb regarding absorption
weak acids stomach, weak bases intestine
bioavailability formula
AUC oral/AUC injected x 100
distribution
process of leaving blood and entering other areas. 3 main areas
3 Compartments and relative size for distribution
Plasma - 4L, ECF - 14L, Total Body Water - 42L
Factors affecting distribution
blood flow, capillary permeability, degree of hydrophobicity, binding to plasma proteins
Important factor when drugs are displaced from plasma binding
Must assess their Volume of distribution. If small at higher risk of toxicity
Volume of distribution equatino
bioavailability of dose/concentration of plasma at initial time.
hypothetical volume of fluid into which a drug is disseminated and prior to elimination.
Phase 1 Drug Metabolism
oxidation involving cytochrome p450
Phase 2 Drug metabolism
coupling endogenous substrate to a drug or phase 1 metabolite
Cytochrome p450
made of many families of heme containing isozymes
CYP families most involved in metabolizine enzymes
CYP 1,2,3 and CYP3A4
What can increase CYP3A4
Rifampin (TB), St John’s Wort. Effect is increased metabolism of the drugs
What can decrease CYP3A4
grapefruit juice
Which CYP polymorphisms are important
CYP2D6, CYP2C19
3 processes renal excretion
glomerular filtration, active tubular secretion, passive tubular transport
clearance equation
rate of elimination/concentration
Type of clearance kinetics for most drugs
first order so increasing amount leads to an equal increasing excretion
Relation of steady state to rate of elimination
Both require 4-5 half lives to reach steady state, indpeendent of dose or rate of dosing
Graded dose response
increase dose - increase response
quantal
all or none resopnse
Intrinsic activity vs potency
Potency has to do with how much you must give to get 100% response. intrinsic activity has to do with highest % response you can achieve
Agonist K3 value
1, antagonist is 0
Muscarininc chlinergic agonist
ACH, muscarine, pilocarpine
Muscarininc cholinergic antagonist
Atrpoine, Scopolamine
Nicotinic chlinergic agonist
ACH, nicotine
Nictinic cholinergic antagonist
Curare, succinylcholine
Alpha- adrenergic agonists
norepinephrine, epinephrine
Alpha 1 adrenergic antagonists
Prazosin, phentolamine
Beta 1 adrenergic agonists
Epinephrine
Beta 1 adrenergic antagonists
propranolol, metoprolol
4 Types of antagonism
competitive, noncompetitive, chemical, physiologic
Physiologic antagonism
One drug does exact opposite of another and works on entirely separate mechanism
Therapeutic index
Take the 50 cumulative percent of negative outcom/positive outcome
Safety Index Formula
Lethal Dose 01%/Effective Dose 99%
Mineralcorticoids, location and function
Zona glomerulosa adrenal cortex - salt and water regulation
Glucocorticoids location
Zona fasiculata
Androgen/estrogen location
Zona reticularis
Which two chaperone proteins does GR interact with LBD
Hsp90 and Hsp56
Which end is AF2
C terminal
AF2 function
ligand dependent transactivation domain. Only recruit co-regulators after steroid binds GR
Which end is AF1
N terminal
AF1 Function
ligand independent transactivation domain
role of Heat shock proteins in Glucocorticoid receptor
Keeps the receptor ligand friends. 2Hsp90 and 1 HSP 56 subunit
2 Examples of how glucocorticoids affect gene expression
Increase expression of lipocortin, downregulating PLA2 decreasing synthesis of PGs and lueoktrienes
inhibits production of IL-6 and IL-8
2 glucocorticoid drugs that are very specific for glucocorticoid effects
Dexamethasone and Betamethasone
Effect of prolonged steroids on hypothalmic pituitary axis
suppress the axis and supress endogenous cortisol production
Addisonian Crisis
acute adrenal insufficiency bc sudden withdrawal of therapeutic glucocorticoids
Which effector T cells can mediate steroid resistant rejection
Th17 producing IL 17,21,22
Th1 produces
IFN gamma, IL-2, TNFalpha - T cell Drive
Th2 produces
IL4,5,13 - B cell drive
T regulatory
IL10 - TGF beta