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GNURS625/Pharmacology for Anesthesia > Quiz 1 Pharmocokinetics, Pharmocodynamics > Flashcards

Quiz 1 Pharmocokinetics, Pharmocodynamics Flashcards

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What is pharmacokinetics all about?

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  • Absorption
  • Distribution
  • Metabolism
  • Excretion
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What is bioavailability?

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The percent of medication that reaches systemic circulation.

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What affects the bioavailability?

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ABSORPTION

  • Dissolution and absorption characteristics
  • Route
  • Stability in GI tract
  • Metabolism prior to blood stream
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4
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What consideration should be made about oral administration?

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  • Gastric pH and contents
  • Surface area
  • Blood flow
  • GI Motility
  • Complete GI tract
  • Flora
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What considerations should be made about sublingual/buccal administration of drugs?

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  • Drains to vena cava
  • Very rapid
  • Must be HIGHLY lipid soluble and potent
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6
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What happens to drugs taken orally?

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90% percent of oral medication is metabolized and destroyed by the liver before it gets to the heart.

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Topical administration into the eye should have special consideration because?

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The medication could become systemic due to the nasolacrimal canal

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8
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What should be consider for inhalation of drugs?

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  • Rapid due to large surface area
  • Avoid first pass-Local site of action
  • Difficult to control
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What is volume of distribution?

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Size of compartment necessary to account for the totatl amount of drug in the boy if it were present throughout the body at the same concentration found in the plasma.

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10
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What is the volume of distribution in an average adult’s plasma?

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3 Liters

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11
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What is the volume of distribution for total body water?

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0.65 L/kg

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12
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What is the formula for loading dose?

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Volume of distribution x Desired concentration = Loading dose

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13
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What is involved in two compartment model?

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  • redistribution before elimination
  • Slow rate of administration for secondary redistribution
  • Target organ may be in the initial or secondary “compartment”
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What should be known about protein binding drugs?

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  • Unbound/free drug = active
  • acidic drugs: albumin
  • Basic drugs: alpha 1 acidic glycoprotein
  • Generally reversible
  • Saturable
  • Non-linear
  • Competitive
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15
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What should be known about tissue binding?

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  • Fat: Reservoir for lipid soluble drugs
  • Bone: Tetracyclines
  • Heart muscle: Digoxin
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16
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What is membrane permeability?

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Drugs ability to permeate all membranes that separate the organ from the site of drug administration.

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17
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Are benzodiazepines membrane permeable and how does it work?

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The are very lipophilic and cross the gut wall, capillary wall and blood brain barrier. Great for treating anxiety and seizures.

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18
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What are the point for placental transfer?

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  • fetal plasma is more acidic:ion trapping of basic drugs occurs
  • P-glycoproteins limit transport in
  • Fetus is exposed to nearly all medication a mother takes
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What are P-glycoproteins?

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  • Family of transporter proteins
  • Found all ober, including the blood brain barrier (kiney, colon, jejunum, liver, pancreas)
  • Important for medication interactions and drug resistance
  • Requires ATP
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20
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What are the mechanisms for drug transport across membranes?

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  • Passive diffusion
  • Facilitated diffusion
  • Aqueous channels
  • Active transport
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21
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Does passive diffusion require energy and a carrier?

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Energy: No
Carrier: No
Note: Rapid for lipophilic, nonionic, small molecules

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22
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Does facilitated diffusion require energy and a carrier?

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Energy: No
Carrier: Yes
Notes: Drugs bind to carrier by noncovalent mechs. Chemically similar drugs compete for channel.

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23
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Does aqueous channels require energy and a carrier?

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Energy: No
Carrier: No
Notes: Small, hydrophilic drugs diffuse along concentration gradient by passing thru aqueous channels/pores.

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24
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Does active transport require energy and a carrier?

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Energy: Yes
Carrier: Yes
Notes: Identical to facilitated diffusion except that ATP powers drug transport against concentration gradient.

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25
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What occurs during phase 1 metabolism?

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  • induce or expose a functional group on the parent compound
  • Generally lose activity, rare instances of preserved
  • Then often hydrolyzed or ester linked for rapid elimination thru the kidneys
26
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What occurs during phase 2 metabolism?

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  • Conjugation reactions

- Links parent compound OR phase 1 metabolite with a functional group via covalent linkage

27
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Are MOST reactions enzyme driven?

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Yes

28
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What is inhibition?

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Will keep the enzyme from working properly.

29
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What is induction

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Will enhance the capability of the enzyme.

30
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What is Cytochrome P450?

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Terminal oxidase in a multicomponent electron transfer chain.

31
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What factors affect metabolism of a drug?

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  • genetics
  • environmental (diet)
  • Disease factors
  • Age and sex
32
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What are the routes of elimination?

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  • Renal
  • Biliary
  • Fecal
  • Sweat
  • Saliva
  • Tears
  • Lungs
33
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What is the equation for Ideal Body weight of a male?

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IBW = 50 + (2.3 x inches > 5 feet)

34
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What is the equation for ideal body weight of a female?

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IBW = 45.5 + (2.3 x inches > 5 feet)

35
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What is the equation for creatinine clearance?

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CrCl = (IBW) x (140 - age) x 0.85 (female)
———————————————-
Cr x 72

36
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How many doses does it take to achieve a steady state??

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4-5 half lives

37
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Why do you check a trough level?

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Checking efficiency

38
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Why do you check a peak?

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Checking for toxicity

39
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What are the GENERAL receptors found on a cell?

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Proteins or glycoproteins

40
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What happens after receptor saturation occurs?

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Receptor mediated responses plateau

41
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What happens after a drug is bound to a receptor?

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  • An ion channel is opened or closed
  • Biochemical messengers (second messengers) are activated.
  • Biochemical messengers initiate a series of chemical reactions within the cell, and transduce the signal stimulated by the drug
  • A normal cellular function is physically inhibited or initiated.
42
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What are the three points to Stephenson’s modified theory of 1956?

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  • Modified dose-response theory
  • Drug response depends on both the affinity and efficacy.
  • Describe “spare receptors”. This suggests that a maximal response can be achieved even if a fraction of receptors “spare receptors” are unoccupied.
43
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What is affinity?

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Strength of binding between a drug and its receptor.

44
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What is dissociation Constant (Kp)?

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The measure of a drug’s affinity for a given receptor. the concentration of drug required in solution to achiev 50% occupaancy of its receptors.

45
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What does agonist mean?

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drugs which alter the physiology of a cell by binding to plasma membrane or intracellular receptors.

46
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What is a strong agonist?

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Agonist which causes maximal effects even though it may only occupy a small fraction of receptors on a cell.

47
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What is a weak agonist?

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agonist which must be bound to many more receptors than a strong agonist to produce the same effect.

48
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What is an antagonist?

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inhibit or block actions caused by agonist.

49
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What is a competitive antagonist?

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Competes with agonist for receptors

50
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What is a noncompetitive antagonist?

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Binds to a siteother than the agonist-binding domain. Induces a conformational change in the receptor such that the agonist no longer “recognizes” the agonist-binding domain.

51
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What does surmountable mean?

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Antagonism being overcome by high doses of agonists.

52
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What does efficacy mean?

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degree to which a drug is able to cause maximal effects.

53
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What does potency mean?

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amount of drug required to produce 50% of the maximal response that the drug is capable of causing

54
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What does effective concentration 50% (EC50%) mean?

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Concentration of drug which induces a specified clinical effect in 50 % of the subjects to which the drug is administered.

55
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What does lethal dose 50 % mean?

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Concentration of drug whcich induces death in 50% of the subjects to whch the drug is administered.

56
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What is the therapeutic index?

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measure of the safety of a drug. Calculated by dividing the LD50 by ED50

57
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What is margin of safety?

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Margin between therapeutic and lethal doses of a drug.

58
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What does addition mean in drug interaction?

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the response elicited by combined drugs is EQUAL to the combined responses of the individual drugs.

59
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What does synergism mean in drug interaction?

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The response elicited by combined drugs is GREATER THAN the combined responses of the individual drugs.

60
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What does potentiation mean in drug interaction?

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drug which has no effect enhancing the effect of a second drug.

61
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What does antagonism of drug interaction mean?

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drug inhibits the effect of another drug. usually the antagonist has no inherent activity.

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