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2.1 Pharamacokinetics Flashcards

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Define Pharmacokinetics

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Study of the movement of a drug into and out of the body

What the body does to the drug

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Define pharmacodynamics

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Study of drug effect and mechanisms of action

What the drug does to the body

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Define pharmacogenetics

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The effect of genetic variability on the pharmacokinetics or dynamics of a drug on an individual

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How does bioavailability translate or clinical practice?

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Calculate correct formulation

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How does estimating half life translate into clinical practice?

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Allows dosing regimes to be devised

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What processes occur as part of pharmacokinetics?

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Absorption
Distribution
Metabolism
Elimination

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What is the therapeutic window?

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Range of plasma concentration in which the drug has the desired effect

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Define bioavailability (F)

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The FRACTION of a dose which finds its way into a body compartment, usually the circulation

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What is the bioavailability for an IV bolus?

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100%

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What are the axis for a bioavailability curve?

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X time post dose

Y plasma concentration

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What does the area under a bioavailability curve represent?

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Total drug exposure

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How can oral bioavailability be calculated?

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F = AUC oral / AUC IV

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What factors affect bioavailability?

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Absorption
- drug formulation, age, food, vomiting, malabsorption

First pass metabolism

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What sort of drug formulation is preferable and why?

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Modified release once a day

Short half life needs to be given many times a day. Immediate release may dip out of the therapeutic window

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What is first pass metabolism?

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Any metabolism occurring before the drug enters the systemic circulation

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Name three areas where first pass metabolism can occur

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Gut lumen
Gut wall
Liver

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Describe the effect of first pass metabolism in the gut lumen

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Affect3 by gastric acid, proteolytic enzymes, grapefruit juice

Affects benzylpenicillin, insulin, cyclosporin

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Describe the action of first pass metabolism in the gut wall

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P-glycoprotein efflux pumps drugs out of the intestinal enterocytes back into the lumen
Eg ciclosporin

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Name a drug that is extensively metabolised in the liver

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Propranolol

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What are two key factors in drug distribution?

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Protein binding

Volume of distribution

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Which state should drugs be in to have a therapeutic effect normally?

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Unbound

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What causes protein binding drug interactions?

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Displacement of drugs from binding sites

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What factors affect protein binding?

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Hypoalbuminaemia
Pregnancy
Renal failure
Displacement by other drugs

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In what circumstances will changes in protein binding causing changes in drug distribution be important?

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High protein binding
Low Vd
Narrow therapeutic window

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Describe what happens when you add a highly bound precipitant drug (B) to drug A
More highly protein bound drug b will steal binding sites Increase free drug a (Increases effects of a)
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What is volume of distribution a measure of?
How widely a drug is distributed in body tissues
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How can Vd be calculated?
Dose/ concentration of drug at time 0
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What is half life proportional to?
Vd and clearance
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What can Tissue distribution be affected by?
``` Specific receptor sites in tissues Regional blood flow Lipid solubility Active transport Disease states Drug interactions ```
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Where does the majority of drug metabolism occur?
Liver
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What should the end products of conjugation be soluble in after metabolism?
Water to allow rapid elimination from the body
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What are the two ways active metabolites can be formed in metabolism?
Metabolism of an inactive compound to active one (pro-drug) | Metabolism of an active compound to another active compound
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Give an example of a pro drug
L dopa
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Give an example of an active drug that is metabolised by liver to another active drug
Codeine to morphine
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What factors can influence the activity of p450 enzymes?
``` Enzyme inducing/inhibiting drugs Age Liver disease Hepatic blood flow Cigarette and alcohol consumption ```
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Where can CYP450s be found?
Mainly liver | Some gut and lung
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Give an example of drug interaction due to enzyme inhibition
Cimetidine inhibits CYP causing there to be higher concentrations of warfarin in the plasma Higher risk of bleeding
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Describe the genetic distribution of CYP 2D6
Absent in 7% of Caucasians | Hyperactive in 30% of east Africans
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What drugs are metabolised by CYP 2D6?
Codeine Beta blockers Tricyclics
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What drugs are inhibited by CYP 2D6?
Fluoxetine Paroxetine Haloperidol Quinidine
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What is the main route of drug elimination?
Kidney
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What are some other routes of drug elimination? (Other than kidney)
Lungs, breast milk, sweat, tears, genital secretions, bile, saliva
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What three processes determine the renal excretion of Drugs?
Glomerular filtration Passive tubular reabsorption Active tubular secretion
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What drugs are excreted through glomerular filtration?
Unbound drugs like gentamicin
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What drugs are actively secreted in nephron excretion?
Penicillin
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Which drugs are removed by passive reabsorption and what are they affected by?
Aspirin | Affected by urine flow rate and pH
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What is clearance and what is it dependent on?
Ability of body to excrete a drug | Dependent on GFR (renal function)
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What is the relationship between half life and clearance?
Half life is inversely proportional to clearance
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What effect will a reduced GFR have on clearance and half life p?
Reduced clearance | Increased half life
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Describe the rate of elimination in first order kinetics (linear)
Rate if elimination proportional to drug level Constant fraction of drug eliminated in unit time Half life can be defined
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Describe the rate of elimination in zero order kinetics (non linear)
Rate of elimination is constant
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In which type of kinetics can half life be defined?
First order/linear
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What is the equation for half life?
Half life = 0.693 x Vd/CL
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What type of kinetics do most drugs exhibit at high dose and why?
Zero order | Because the receptors/enzymes become saturated
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Why are zero order drugs more likely to produce toxicity?
Fixed rate of elimination per unit time | Small dose changes may produce large increments in plasma concentration
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What qualities of a drug may mean they require more monitoring?
``` Zero order kinetics Long half life Narrow therapeutic window Greater risk of interactions with other drugs Known toxic effects ```
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In how many half lives will steady state of a drug be achieved?
3-5 (Irrespective of dose of frequency of administration) Drugs with larger half lives take longer to reach steady state
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How many half lives will it take to eliminate a drug from steady state?
4 to 5
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What can affect the maintenance dose of a drug?
Age and renal function
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True or false : loading dose can remain much the same in renal failure
True
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True or false: maintenance dose can remain much the same in renal failure
False | Should be reduced
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How can loading dose be calculated?
Loading dose = VD x target drug concentration
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How can you work out elimination rate constant (k)?
K = clearance / Vd
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How can drug elimination be improved in someone with renal failure?
Give a drug that will bind the drug in the plasma to inactivate it

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