Routes Of Drug Excretion Flashcards
Examples of drugs excreted via biliary/faecal route
Vancomycin, Vincristine
Examples of drugs excreted via saliva
Caffeine
Phenytoin
Diazeoam
Lithium
Examples of drugs excreted via tears
Cytarabine
Examples of drugs excreted via lungs
General anaesthetics
Alcohol
Examples of drugs excreted via sweat
Alcohol
Antipyrine
Cocaine
Salicylic acid
Lead
Examples of drugs excreted via hair
Phenobarbital
Methamphetamine
Methoxyphenamine
Examples of drugs excreted via breast milk
Aspirin
Which class of drugs are mostly excreted via breast milk and why?
Basic drugs. It’s pH is lower than plasma.
Drugs administered weekly
Fluoxetine
Examples of drugs that undergo enterohepatic recycling
Tetracycline
Chloramphenicol
Digitoxin
Phenytoin
Normal GFR
90 to 130 ml/min/1.73m^2
Stage 2 chronic kidney disease GFR
60-89 ml/min/1.73m^2
Kidney failure GFR
Less than 15 ml/min/1.73m^2
Creatinine clearance in men and women
120 mL/min, 95 ml/min
Basic drugs
Quinine
Probenecid
Morphine
Histamine
Serotonin
Dopamine
Pethidine