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Unit 2 - Pharmacokinetics - distribution Part 2 Flashcards

1
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The imaginary bodily parts model is used for what?

A

Study model to understand how drugs distribute, once the drugs have been absorbed. (i.e. in the bloodstream)

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What are the 4 patterns of drug distribution?

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Pattern 1 - Stays in the blood
Pattern 2 - Total body water
Pattern 3 - Specific organ or tissues, including site of action, target and non-target tissues
Pattern 4 - Various organs, i.e. kidneys, muscle, liver

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3
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What type of drugs fall under pattern 1?

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Drugs with a high affinity to plasma proteins will remain in the plasma.
Large drugs
ex: heparin

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4
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Heparin and warfarin both fall under pattern __ of drug distribution.
They are often administered by ___ and are too ____ and too ____ to move from the blood to other tissues.

A

1
IV
big
polar

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5
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What are symptoms of FASD?

A

Growth retardation, CNS abnormalities, craniofacial abnormalities

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6
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Describe drugs that fall under pattern 2 of distribution.

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Tend to be small molecules that distribute uniformly throughout the body.

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7
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Give some examples of pattern 2 drugs.

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D2O, alcohol, sulfonilamide, antipyrine

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8
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Why does it make sense for type two drugs to be small molecules?

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Tend to be smaller than 500Da and able to pass through different pores more easily. (see Fenestrated)

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9
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What are different ways in which pattern 2 drugs can be administered?

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orally or through injection

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10
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Describe pattern 3 drugs.

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Concentration at a particular tissue or organ.

This occurs when the drug has a specific activity/affinity towards an organ or tissue-specific molecules

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11
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Pattern four of drug distribution is a mixture of patterns __ and ___.

A

1 and 2

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12
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What is the reasoning for the non-uniform distribution of the drug for pattern 4?

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Due to body’s compartments (macromolecules binding) and drug properties

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13
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The majority of drugs we use fall under what pattern?

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Pattern 4

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14
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What is chloroquine used for?

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Malaria

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15
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Where will chloroquine concentrate? Why?

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Chloroquine is a pattern 3 drug.

It will concentration in the liver due to its high specificity for a liver-specific biomolecule

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16
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Tetracycline (antibiotic) will accumulate where?

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In bones

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17
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Chloroquine can also be found in high concentrations where?

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The eye due to its affinity for the retinal pigment melanin

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18
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Tetracycline has high affinity for what?

A

Calcium

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19
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Thiopental accumulates where?

Why?

A

adipose tissue

Highly lipophilic drug

20
Q

Accumulation is usually a _______ equilibrium process and as such, the accumulating organ can function as a drug ________.

A

reversible

reservoir

21
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What is accumulation?

A

Accumulation is usually an equilibrium process and as such, the accumulating organ can function as a drug reservoir

22
Q

Draw a graph of percent of initial dose over time of thiopental in a patient.
It has a pka of 7.4 and a logP value of 2.3.

A

Pka of the drug is near the pH of blood
the P value indicates it is very lipophilic and partitions well

Plasma concentration quickly drops and increases in drug content in non-perfusion limited organs is completed.
The drug then leaves these organs.
(brain first, then muscle)
The drug then enters the adipose tissue (perfusion limited) and functions as a reservoir for the drug

23
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Why does thiopental permeate out of the brain and muscle but stay in the adipose tissue?

A

The drug redistributed back to the blood since there is no biomolecule to capture it in the brain or muscle.
However, since the p-value is so high, this drug can permeate into any lipid like feature, and stay there.

24
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What is the method of administration for pattern 1 drugs?

A

Injection

25
Q

Pattern two drugs tend to have what feature?

A

Low MW

26
Q

Pattern 4 drugs are found where?

A

Blood and different tissues

27
Q

What is Vd?

A

Apparent volume of distribution

volume of fluid into which the drug distributes

28
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Is Vd a real number?

A

No, hypothetical

29
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What is the equation for Vd?

A

vd = A/Cp
A - total amount of drug in the body
Cp - plasma concentration of drug

30
Q

If vd is low, the plasma concentration of the drug is ____.

If vd is high, the plasma concentration of the drug is ______.

A

high

low

31
Q

Describe the body fluid rule.

A

Rule of 60:40:20
Body water that is easily accesible - 60%
Intracellular fluid - 40%
Extracellular fluid - 20%

32
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Plasma constitutes what percent of body water?

A

4%

33
Q

What would be the vd for heparin for a 70 kg man?

A

70*4% –> 3L

34
Q

How do we know the pattern of drug distribution and Vd?

A

Experiments during a preclinical trial

Experiments during a clinical trial

35
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What are experiments during a preclinical trial?

A

Biochemical studies of the drug properties - ability to enter and be retained in a tissue and to bind (interaction) to protein in the compartment

36
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What is done during experiments during a clinical trial?

A

Blood and tissue sampling

37
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240 mg of a drug were given.
Cp = 8 mg/L
What is the apparent volume of distribution?

A

Vd = A/cp
=240mg / 8mg/L
= 30 L

38
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How can the loading dose be determined?

A

Loading dose = Vd * Cp

basically A

39
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What is the loading dose?

A

Initial dose required to reach a desired Cp.

40
Q

Calculate the loading dose of theophylline at the start of an IV infusion if Vd = 0.5L/kg and the desired Cp = 10 mg/L.
The man weighs 70 kg.

A 
Vd = A/Cp
A = Vd * Cp
A = 0.5L/kg / 10mg/L
A = 5mg/kg

5mg/kg * 70 kg = 350mg

41
Q

What are the two terms used in describing distribution limitation?

A

Perfusion-limited

Permeability-limited

42
Q

Describe perfusion-limitation.

A

Used in describing the lack or slowness of the drug action due to the target organs having low perfusion rates

43
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Describe permeability limitation.

A

Used in describing the lack or slowness of the drug action due to the drug’s inability to move across biological membranes to target organs/sites

44
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What factors affect the rate of distribution?

A

Blood perfusion

Membrane permeability

45
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What factors affect the extent of distribution?

A

Lipid solubility
pH-pKa
Plasma protein binding
Intracllular binding

46
Q

Penicillin has a pKa of 2.8.

It has limited action in brain tissue, why?

A

Its limited action is due to its permeability (more often charged) than perfusion (the brain gets lots of blood flow)

47
Q

Thiopental has a pKa of 7.5. Describe why it has a limited action in the muscle.
Why does this not occur in the brain

A

Muscles have low perfusion rates and thus this drug is perfusion limited.
Thiopental acts rapidly in the brain due to its high permeability and high perfusion rate.

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