Topic 10 Pharma Flashcards
Intramuscular routes of administration should be used for what type of vehicle
suspensions / oily vehicles
subcutaneous routes of administration should be used for what type of vehicle
suspensions / pelletes
Buccal route of administration must be what
water / lipid soluble
how much of a drug is absorbed in 1-3 hours
75%
bases are proton
acceptors
what form of a drug can cross a cell membrane
un-ionised
Volume of plasma that accounts for total amount of drug
Volume of distribution
2 drug binding proteins
albumin
glycoproteins
how thick is a membrane
10nm
name 3 places where first pass metabolism occurs
intestines
liver
lung
Mucousal cells / pancreas secrete what that breaks down proteins?
Where are they found
digestive enzymes
intestinal lumen
the lung is the site of metabolism for what?
local hormones
what are the 3 phases of drug metabolism
oxidation/reduction/hydrolysis
conjugation
excretion
which phase of drug metabolism forms a reactive drug
oxidation/reduction/hydrolysis
in paracetamol, a conjugation reaction forms what 2 things
paracetamol glucuronide
paracetamol sulphate
oxidation of paracetamol forms what
NAPQI + Glutathione
bioavailability definition
proportion of a dose that reaches systemic circulation
what can creatinine clerance estimate
clearance of a drug filtered at glomerulus
what is the name of the esmitated creatinine clerance in ml/min
Cockcroft Gault
Cockcroft Gault equation
(140-age) x weight x constant
——————————————serum creatinine