U3.1 PHARMACOKINETICS Flashcards
What the body can do to the drug
Pharmacokinetics
Dose-concentration relationship
Pharmacokinetics
Effects of the biologic system on drugs
Pharmacokinetics
T/F Pharmacodynamics deals with the processes of absorption, distribution, [metabolism], and elimination [or excretion] of drugs
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Concentration of a drug at the receptor site [in contrast to drug concentrations that are more rapidly measured, eg, blood]
Effective Drug Concentration
The amount of drug waiting to associate with its receptor
Effective Drug Concentration
T/F Not all of the drug that the patient takes in would take effect
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3 contributors to plasma concentration
- Rate of input of the drug by absorption
- Rate of distribution to peripheral tissue
- Rate of elimination, or loss, from the body
2 basic parameters of pharmacokinetics
- Volume Distribution (Vd)
- Clearance (CL)
measure of the apparent space in the body available to contain the drug
Volume distribution
measure of the apparent space in the body available to contain the drug
Volume distribution
measure of the ability of the body to eliminate the drug
Clearance
related the amount of drug in the body to the concentration of drug (C) in blood of plasma
Volume distribution
T/F Initial distribution is in the liver, kidney and brain
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T/F Distribution is faster in muscle, viscera, fat and skin
F
T/F Distribution happens in the interstitial and intracellular fluids
T
Amount of drug in the body to the plasma/serum concentration
Volume Distribution
distribute your
drug inside the tissues
Intracellular
distribute drug outside the cells
Extracellular
T/F When a drug is avidly bound in peripheral tissues, its concentration in plasma may drop to very low values even if the total amount in the body is large
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↑ Vd = distributed in ___
peripheral tissue
Relationship of Vd to plasma volume
When a drug is completely retained in the plasma compartment
Volume of distribution (Vd) = plasma volume
Rate of elimination compared to drug concentration (C)
Clearance (CL)
Depends on the drug and the organs of elimination in the patient
Clearance (CL)
2 major sites of drug elimination
Liver & Kidney
↑ Vd = ___ plasma concentration
↓ plasma concentration
↑ Vd = distributed to ____ e.g. urine, brain
tissues
↓ Vd = stays in the _____ e.g. septicemia
blood
T/F In clearance, drugs are eliminated with first-order kinetics
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T/F Clearance is constant and can be calculated via area under the curve (AUC)
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First Order = ___ drug concentration, ___ elimination
↑ drug concentration, ↑ elimination
T/F CL = rate of elimination / plasma concentration
T
T/F Continuous elimination half-life makes the initial concentration smaller & smaller; thus slowing down elimination.
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Clearance : 2 Types of Elimination
- Capacity-Limited Elimination
- Flow-Dependent Elimination
T/F During capacity-limited elimination, clearance does not remain constant but will vary depending on the concentration of drug that is achieved
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T/F Most drug elimination pathways by metabolism will not become saturated if the dose and therefore the concentration are high
enough.
F; it will become saturated
Type of elimination
Some drugs are cleared very readily by the organ of elimination
Flow-Dependent Elimination
Type of elimination
When blood flow to an organ does not limit elimination, the relation between elimination rate and concentration (C) is expressed mathematically in equation
Capacity-Limited Elimination
Type of elimination
Most of the drug in the blood perfusing the organ is eliminated on the first pass of the drug through the organ.
Flow-Dependen elimination
T/F For Flow-Dependent elimination, the elimination of these drugs will thus depend primarily on the rate of drug delivery to the organ of elimination.
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Flow Dependent Elimination
main determinant of drug delivery
Blood flow to the organ
Flow Dependent Elimination
important for extensively bound drugs that are highly extracted
plasma protein binding and blood cell partitioning
Time it takes for the amount of concentration of a drug to fall to 50% of an earlier measurement
Half-Life T1/2
T/F Drugs eliminated by first-order kinetics are constant
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Determines the rate at which blood concentration rises during a constant infusion and falls after administration is stopped.
Half-Life T1/2
T/F Drug accumulation happens when repeated drug doses will be accumulated until dosing stops
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inversely proportional to the fraction of
dose lost in each dosing interval
Accumulation
drug administration = elimination
Steady State Concentration
Dose in = Dose Out
Steady State Concentration
of Half lives for the drug to have a steady state
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