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Uptake and Distribution of IV agents Flashcards

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Pharmacokinetic

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what the body does to a drug

-absorption -distribution -metabolism -excretion

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Volume of Distrubution

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the volume in which the drug has effect before elimination
the drug moving from the central compartment to the peripheral
VD= drug given/ serum [ ]

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Central compartment

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highly perfused tissue
kidney, liver, lungs, heart, brain
receives 75% CO
represents only 10% of body mass

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Peripheral compartment, what happens with age?

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large calculated volume
extensive uptake of drug
?less well-perfused ex muscle, fat?
rate of transfer btwn compartments decrease with age—leading to greater plasma concentration in certain drugs

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Distribution, how it happens

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  • drug has systemic absorption then
  • drug goes to central compartment and the plasma concentration decrease
  • drug enters peripheral then
  • with continued elimination the drug plasma concentration decreased below the tissue concentration and the drug re-enters the plasma from the tissue
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large dose or repeated doses

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saturate inactive tissue preventing redistribution

  • prolonging duration of action
  • reduction of effect now depends on metabolism rather than redistribution
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lung uptake

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basic lipophilic drugs

acts as a reservoir to release drug back into the systemic circulation

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blood brain barrier

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prevents ionized, water soluble drugs from crossing

-can be overcome by large dose, head injury, and hypoxemia

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Vd is influenced by: 3 physiochemical characteristics

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  1. Lipid solubility- increase lipiophylic increase vd
  2. Binding to plasma protein– more binding less vd
  3. Molecular size–bigger less vd
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Elimination Half-Time and its relationships

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time needed for plasma [ ] of drug to decreased by 50%

  • directly proportional to vd
  • inversely to clearance
  • independent pf drug dose
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Elimination Half-Life, fully eliminated when? Drug accumulation when?

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time needed to eliminate 50% of drug from body

  • regarded as fully eliminated when approximately 98%? has been eliminated or 6 half lifes
  • drug accumulation occurs if dosing intervals are less than 4-5 half lifes
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absorption oral

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most convenient and economic

disadvantages:
- many conditions can change GI environment therefore lower bioavailability
- destruction by enzymes or acidic gastric fluid
- first pass effect

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first pass effect

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hepatic effect

  • drugs absorbed in GI tract enter the portal venous blood and pass through the liver first
  • liver metabolized drug before enter systemic circulation
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sublingual absorption

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rapid onset

bypass liver prevents first pass effect

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transdermal

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provided sustained therapeutic plasma [ ]

  • water soluble: penetrate hair follicles and sweat ducts
  • lipid soluble: once in system transfers skin
  • rate-limiting step–diffusing across stratum corneum of epidermis
  • should apply to thing epidermis with sufficient blood supply
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rectal absorption

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proximal rectum–transported to portal system via superior hemorrhoidal veins—first pass
-distal rectum-bypass portal system, more predictable circulatory level

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IV absorption

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achieve therapeutic plasma levels precisely and rapidly

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Ionization

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  • most drugs are salts of either weak acids or weak bases

- present in both ionized (charged, water soluble) and Nonionized (uncharged, lipophilic)

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Nonionized

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Lipophilic, can diffused across cell membrane

ex: BBB, renal tubules, GI epithelium, hepatocytes, placenta
* pharm active
- absorbed from GI tract, metabolized by liver, reabsorbed across renal tubes

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Ionized

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poorly lipid soluble

  • cannot penetrate lipid cell membrane
  • is repelled by portions of the cell with similar charge
  • excreted by kidneys unchanged
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Degree of Ionization

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the higher the degree of ionization the less access the drug has to diffuse across tissue

  • depends of the pKa of the drug and in pH of the surrounding fluid
  • when pH=pKa 50% of the drug is ionized
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More Nonionized

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weak base pH>pKa

weak acid pH<pKa

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More ionized

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weak base pHpKa

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Ion trapping

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[ ] difference of a drug/degree of ionization of drug can develop on either side of a membrane that separates fluids with different pHs
ex: placenta, fetus more Acidic, basic drug can cross membrane buy once on fetus side becomes ionized can cross back over, accumulates in fetus

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Protein binding: what proteins, VD, drugs effected
most drugs bind to plasma proteins in various degrees Proteins: albumin -a, acid glycoprotein-bases lipoproteins **only free or unbound fraction of drug is easily and readily available to cross cell membrane and is metabolized, excreted more readily too. -protein bound-too lg to cross membranes--trapped in circulation **VD is inversely proportional to protein binding **high protein bound: Warfarin, Propranolol, Phenytoin, Diazepam
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Clearance
Volume of plasma cleared of drug by metabolism and excretion per unit of time
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First-order kinetics
drugs administer in the THERAPUTIC dose ranges are cleared at a rate PROPORTIONAL to the amount to drug in the plasma (1/2 life thing) -constant FRACTION of drug eliminated per unit of time
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Zero-order kinetics
drugs that exceed the metabolic or excretory capacity of the body to clear drugs - dose doesn't make a difference * CONSTANT amount of drug is cleared per unit of time * ex: ASA, ETOH, Dilantin
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Hepatic clearance: ratio, 2 different types
ratio btwn hepatic blood Flow and hepatic Extraction - if ratio is high >0.7 clearance depends on blood flow **perfusion dependent elimination - if ratio is low <0.3 clearance depends on protein binding and enzyme activity and blood flow will have minimal effects (decreased pb or increase e to increased clearance) ** Capacity- dependent (enzyme-dependent)
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Renal Clearance
most important organ for the elimination of unchanged drugs or their metabolites * Water soluble compounds are excreted more efficiently - highly lipid soluble drugs are reabsorbed such that little or no unchanged drug is excreted in urine
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Metabolism: does what where, why
biotransformation to convert pharm Active LIPID soluble drugs to WATER soluble often Inactive drugs - liver is the main site with enzymes to break down drugs - some drugs have active metabolites * *metabolism is not always synonymous with Inactivation -some metabolites of certain drugs are active.
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Increased water solubility in a drug therefore....
Decreased VD and Increased Renal excretion
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Pathways of metabolism 4
1. Oxidation 2. Reduction 3. Hydrolysis 4. Conjugation
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Phase 1 reactions
Oxidation: oxygen is introduced into molecule, lose electron Reduction: gain of electron (Oil Rig) Hydrolysis: addition of water to an ester or amide to break the bond and form 2 smaller molecule, do not include CP450 and is often outside the liver **phase 1 reactions: increased the drugs polarity and prepares it for phase 2
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Phase 2 reactions
Conjugation: covalently links the drug or metabolite with a highly polar molecule rendering it Water soluble - synthetic reaction sites: plasma, kidneys, lungs, GI tract, liver * *hepatic microsomal enzymes are responsible for metabolism of most drugs
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hepatic microsomal enzymes
located in hepatic smooth ER - Cytochrome P-450 - large number of different protein enzymes involved in Oxidation and Reduction and Conjugation of lg # of drugs
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Enzyme induction
drugs and chemicals stimulates activity of these enzymes | *burn through drugs quickly
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Nonmicrosomal enzyme
metabolize drugs mostly by conjugation and hydrolysis - to lesser degree-also redox - mostly in plasma, GI also in: liver - responsible for hydrolysis of drugs that contain ester bonds (succs, esmolol)
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pharmacodynamics
what a drug does to the body - mechanism of effect - sensitivity - responsiveness * most common mechanism--interaction with Receptors
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Concentration of Receptors
up-reguate or down-regulate | in response to specific stimuli
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non receptor drug action
-not at common -mechanisms of other that receptor-drug interaction ex Chelating drugs form bonds with metallic cations that may be found in body -antacids neutralize gastric acids by a direct action
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Agonist drug
mimic cell signaling, activating, causing similar effects
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Antagonist drug
bind to receptor, prevent agonist from binding, prevent effect
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Structure-activity
affinity of a drug for a specific receptor and its intrinsic activity are intimately related to CHEMICAL STRUCTURE! -subtle change such as stereochemistry can result in a major change in pharmacological properties
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Stereochemistry
enantiomers: stereoisomers that are non-superimposable mirror images of each other - chiral centers-carbon with 4 different asymmetric substituents--1 chiral carbon has 2 stereoisomer * *interaction with biological recptors can differ greatly btwn 2 enantiomer to the point of no binder * *some isomers may cause side effects or entirely different effects than its mirror image.
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Efficacy
ability of a drug to produce desired therapeutic effects
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potency
relationship btwn therapeutic effect of drug and dose necessary to achieve effect
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ED50 vs LD50 | therapeutic index
ed-mean effective dose ld-mean lethal dose -ratio btwn the 2 indicates the therapeutic index of the drug for that effect. -suggest how selective the drug is in producing its desired effects -estimates the clinical therapeutic index **shorter is WORSE
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Hyper-reactive
low dose produces its expected pharm effect
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hypersensitivity
allergic
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Additive effect
2nd drug acting with 1st produce effect = to sum of both 1+1=2
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Synergetic effect
2nd drug acting with 1st produce effect Greater than their sum 1+1=3

Pharmacology test 1 (4 decks)

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