RE Chapter 6 Flashcards
True or False? The smaller the molecular size of an agent, the better it crosses the lipid barriers and membranes of tissues.
True.
Pharmacokinetics Definition
The study of changes in the concentration of a drug during the process of absorption, distribution, metabolism, and elimination from the body (what the body does to a drug once the agent has been introduced to the system)
Molecules with molecular weights greater than ____ to ____ do not cross cell membranes.
100 to 200
The transfer of drug depends on what 5 things?
- Molecular Size
- Transporters
- Lipid solubility
- Degree of Ionization
- Protein Binding
Active or passive transport does not require energy and involves transfer of drugs from high to low concentrations
passive
Active or passive transport is generally faster and requires energy.
Active
These drug transporters control passive movement of solutes down their electrochemical gradient.
Solute carrier transporters (SLC)
These drug transporters are active pumps requiring energy derived from ATP.
adenosine triphosphate-binding cassette (ABC) transporters
What is antiport?
The exchange of one molecule for another in a drug transporter
What is symport?
Transport of to molecules together in the same direction
Where are SLCs most important?
blood-brain barrier, GI tract, renal tubules, biliary tract, placenta
The charged (ionized) form of a drug is…(water or lipid soluble?)
water soluble (hydrophillic) - unable to diffuse across cell membranes.
The uncharged (nonionized) form of a drug is…(water or lipid soluble?)
Lipid soluble (lipophillic)
True or False? The higher degree of ionization the less access the drug has across tissues.
True
How are ionized drugs commonly excreted?
Through the RENAL system since they are not absorbed well and may not be metabolized by the liver.
what is the dissociation constant & PH gradient across the membrane?
It determines the degree of ionization of an agent
For basic drugs PKa =pH=
log[(HA+)/(A-)]
For acidic drugs:
pKa=pH=
log[(A-)/(HA+)]
Acids are proton _____(acceptors/donors) and bases are proton ______(acceptors/donors)
Acids - proton donors
Bases - proton acceptors
If a weak acid is placed in a pH below its pKa is the drug ionized or nonionized?
nonionized (so lipid soluble)
if a weak base is placed in an environment below its pKa does it become ionized or nonionized?
ionized (lipid insoluble)
Weak acids:
- pH > pKa - (ionized/equal/nonionized)
- pH = pKa - (ionized/equal/nonionized)
- pH < pKa - (ionized/equal/nonionized)
- Ionized form is predominant
- Equal forms exist
- Nonionized form is predominant
Weak Bases:
- pH > pKa - (ionized/equal/nonionized)
- pH = pKa - (ionized/equal/nonionized)
- pH < pKa - (ionized/equal/nonionized)
- Nonionized predominant
- Nonionized equal to ionized
- Ionized predominant
What are situations when there is reduced plasma proteins?
liver/kidney disease, poor nutrition, the last trimester of pregnancy
What protein favors binding to acidic drugs?
albumin
What proteins favor binding to basic drugs?
alpha1-acid glycoprotein (AAG) & beta-globlulin
What protein binds to cyclosporine?
lipoprotiens
What protein binds to corticosteroids?
transcortin
Degree of protein binding is proportional to _______.
lipid solubility
Drugs with protein binding _____% are conceptualized to have an unexpected intensification of their effect if they are displaced from plasma proteins.
> 90
Drugs with _____% protein binding have so little change in free active fractions that they are not a concern.
<90
When entereally administered acidic drugs are absorbed in the ______ wheras basic drugs are absorbed in the ______
stomach
intestine
What is the definition of presystemic elimination?
the elimination of drug by the GI system before the drug reaches systemic circulation
What are the three mechanisms of presystemic elimination?
- stomach acids hydrolyze the drug
- enzymes in the GI wall deactivate the drug
- liver biotransforms ingested drug before it reaches the effective sites (first pass metabolism)