Antiplatelets Pharmaco Flashcards
What is Pharmacogenetics
Study of genetic cause of individual variations with drug response
What is pharmacogenomic
Genome wide analysis of genetic determinant of drug efficacy and toxicity
Two forms of variability
PK variability
PD variability
Differences in those concepts leads to PK variability
Absorption
distribution
metabolism
elimination
If variation is due to genes what could be possible causes
Single nucleotide polymorphism
insertion /deletion
Frequency of single nucleotide polymorphism in human genome
Every hundred to 1000 base pairs
Population with highest number of the population specific polymorphism
African Americans
What does pharmacokinetic variability refers to
Variability in the amount of drug delivered to a receptor depending on factors such as Absorption Distribution metabolism and excretion
What does Pharmacogenetics Like to focus on in drug pharmacokinetics factors
Metabolism
What is the goal of metabolism
Conversion of foreign substances or or xenobiotics into water soluble metabolites which are more easily excreted
Enzymes involved in metabolism
Xenobiotics metabolizing enzymes
drug metabolizing enzymes
Example of prodrug
Codeine into morphine
What is a poor metabolizer phenotype
Enzyme deficiency
Can poor metabolizer phenotype lead to toxic drug concentration
Yes
Can poor metabolizer phenotype need to save therapeutic effect of prodrug
Yes
What is an ultra rapid metabolizer phenotype
Has increased in gene copy number with increased expression of active enzyme