V - Drug Regulation Flashcards
Required before human studies begin
Animal Testing
Demonstrates the function of the proposed use and the urgency of the application
Animal Testing
Required for all new drugs
Acute Toxicity
Involve administration of single doses of the agent up to the lethal level in at least 2 species
Acute Toxicity
Required for most agents especially those intended for chronic use, tested in at least 2 species
Subacute and Chronic Toxicity
Duration: Subacute Toxicity
2-4 weeks
Duration: Chronic Toxicity
6-24 months
Description of all the pharmacologic effects of a drug
Pharmacologic Profile
Pharmacologic profiles require _____ data.
graded and quantal dose-response
Involves the study of the fertility effects of the candidate drug and its teratogenic and mutagenic toxicity
Reproductive Toxicity
FDA Drug Categories: fail to demonstrate a risk to human fetus in the first trimester, no evidence of risk in later trimesters, possibility of harm is remote
A
FDA Drug Categories: animal studies have not demonstrated fetal risk and no controlled human studies, animal studies showed adverse effect not confirmed in humans
B
FDA Drug Categories: adverse effect in animal fetus and no controlled human studies, studies in humans and animals are not available
C
FDA Drug Categories: positive evidence of human and animal fetal risk, some benefits
D
FDA Drug Categories: fetal abnormalities and risk, risk outweighs benefit
X
Induction of developmental defects in the somatic tissues of the fetus
Teratogenesis
Teratogenesis is studied by
treating pregnant female animals of at least 2 species at selected times during early pregnancy when organogenesis takes place
Teratogens: ACE Inhibitors
fetal renal damage
Teratogens: Anti-epileptic Drugs
neural tube defects
Teratogens: Phenytoin
fetal hydantoin syndrome
Teratogens: Oral Hypoglycemic agents
neonatal hypoglycemia
Teratogens: Barbiturates
neonatal dependence
Teratogens: Diethylstilbestrol (DES)
vaginal clear cell adenoCA