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Any chemical that can affect living processes

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Drug

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Study of drugs and their interactions with living systems

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Pharmacology

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Study of drugs in humans

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Clinical pharmacology

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The use of drugs to diagnose, prevent, or treat disease
Or to prevent pregnancy

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Therapeutics AKA pharmacotherapeutics

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3 most important properties of an ideal drug

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Effectiveness (most important)
Safety
Selectivity

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How to minimize adverse effects

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Always know:
- *The major adverse effects of the drug
- Early signs that an adverse reaction is developing
- The times when these reactions are likely to occur
- Interventions that can minimize discomfort

Take a thorough drug history
Monitor adverse interactions that are known to occur
Avoid drug interactions

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Act that created the classes of Scheduled drugs

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Controlled Substances Act, 1970

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3 types of drug names

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Chemical name
Generic name (nonproprietary)
Trade name (proprietary)

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The study of drug movement throughout the body

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Pharmacokinetics

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Movement of a drug from its site of administration into the blood

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Absorption

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Movement of drugs throughout the body

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Distribution

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3 factors drug distribution is determined by

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Blood flow to tissues
Exiting the vascular system
Entering cells

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Where does drug metabolism most often take place?

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In the liver

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What is most drug metabolism in the liver performed by?

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The P450 system (hepatic microsomes enzyme system)

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The removal of drugs from the body

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Excretion

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Steps in renal drug excretion

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Glomerular filtration
Passive tubular reabsorption
Active tubular secretion

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What is the objective of drug dosing?

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To maintain plasma levels within the therapeutic range

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What is the therapeutic range?

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When there is enough drug to produce therapeutic responses (above the minimum effective concentration) but not so much that toxicity results (below toxic concentration)

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The time required for the amount of drug in the body to decrease by 50%

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Half-life

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The study of the biochemical and physiologic effects of drugs

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Pharmacodynamics

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The relationship between the size of an administered dose and the intensity of the response produced

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Dose-response relationship

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What does the dose-response relationship determine?

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The minimum amount of drug to be used
The maximum response a drug can elicit
How much to increase the dosage to produce desired increase in response

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The largest effect that a drug can produce

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Maximal efficacy

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The amount of drug that must be given to produce an effect

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Relative potency

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Special chemicals in the body that most drugs interact with to produce effects
Receptors
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What occurs when a drug binds to a receptor?
It mimics or blocks the action of the endogenous regulatory molecules And increases or decreases the rate of the physiologic activity normally controlled by that receptor
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Why is it good for a drug to be more selective?
The more selective a drug is, the fewer side effects it will produce
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Molecules that activate receptors
Agonists
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What do agonists do?
Activate receptors Make processes go faster or slower
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Characteristics of agonists
Affinity High intrinsic activity
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Prevent receptor activation by endogenous regulatory molecules and drugs
Antagonists
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Characteristics of antagonists
Affinity No intrinsic activity
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What can cause a receptor to be more sensitive?
Continuous exposure to an antagonist
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What causes a receptor to be desensitized?
Continuous exposure to an agonist
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Formula used to measure interpatient variability
ED50
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Measure of a drug’s safety
Therapeutic index
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What will the therapeutic index be like in a safer drug?
Larger/higher therapeutic index
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What will the therapeutic index be like in a less safe drug?
Smaller/lower therapeutic index
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Which types of drug-drug interactions alter absorption?
Interactions of oral medications
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Ways distribution is altered with drug-drug interactions
Competition for protein binding Alteration of extra cellular pH
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Ways renal excretion is altered with drug-drug interactions
Filtration Reabsorption Active secretion
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Most important and complex mechanism in which drugs interact
Altered metabolism Cytochrome P450 group of enzymes
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What occurs when drugs interact with each other at the same receptor?
Almost always inhibitory (agonist/antagonist)
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What occurs when drugs interact with each other at separate sites?
May be potentiative (work better together) Or Inhibitory
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How to minimize adverse drug-drug interactions
**Take a drug history *Monitor the patient for early signs of toxicity Minimize number of drugs a patient receives Be aware of possible illicit drug use Adjust dose when metabolizing inducers are added or deleted Adjust timing of administration to minimize interference with absorption Be extra vigilant when patient is taking drug with low therapeutic index
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How does grapefruit juice affect drugs?
Affects drug metabolism and the P450 enzymes Inhibits the metabolism of certain drugs, increasing the drugs’ blood levels
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Example of a drug that is affected by grapefruit juice
Cuclosporine
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Any harmful, unintended, and undesired effect that occurs at normal drug doses
Adverse drug reactions
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Nearly unavoidable secondary drug effect produced at therapeutic doses
Side effect
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Adverse drug reaction caused by excessive dosing
Toxicity
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Immune response to a drug
Allergic reaction
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Uncommon drug response resulting from a genetic predisposition
Idiosyncratic effect
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The opposite of the intended drug response
Paradoxical effect
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Disease produced by a physician or by drugs
Iatrogenic disease (drug-induced disease)
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State in which the body has adapted to drug exposure in such a way that an abstinence syndrome will result if drug use is discontinued
Physical dependence
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Cancer causing effect of drugs
Carcinogenic effect
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Drug-induced birth effect
Teratogenic effect
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Signs of liver injury:
Jaundice Dark urine Light-colored stools Nausea Vomiting Abdominal discomfort Loss of appetite Malaise
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How to monitor the liver for toxicity
Watch for signs of jaundice Monitor liver function tests
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How to monitor the kidney for signs of toxicity
Routine urinalysis Serum creatinine level (with periodic creatinine clearance testing)
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Ways to monitor bone marrow for toxicity
Periodic blood cell counts
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Strongest safety warning a drug can carry and still remain on the market
Black box warnings
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Potentially severe side effects black box warnings warn for
Life threatening dysrhythmias Suicidality Major fetal harm Avoid teratogenic drug during pregnancy
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Top human factors that cause medication errors
Performance deficits (most common) Knowledge deficits *miscalculation of dosage
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Decreased responsiveness to a drug as a result of repeated drug administration
Tolerance
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Three types of drug tolerance
Pharmacodynamic tolerance (long-term administration) Metabolic tolerance (accelerated drug metabolism) Tachyphylaxis (repeated dosing over a short time)
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Ability of a drug to reach the systemic circulation from its site of administration
Bioavailability
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Type of administration that uses bioavailability
Oral
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Study of how genes affect individual drug responses
Pharmacogenomics
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The passing of traits from one generation to another
Genetics
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All of a person’s genes
Genome
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Benefits of pharmacogenomics
Individualized and more specific drug therapies Reduces adverse drug reactions
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Age range for pediatric patients
All patients younger than 16 years old
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What are neonates and infants more at risk for relation to pharmacokinetics? Why?
Elevated drug levels = more intense response Delayed elimination = prolonged response Immaturity of organs
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How is absorption affected with oral meds in neonates and infants?
May be prolonged
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How is absorption affected with IM medications for neonates and infants?
Neonates: Delayed due to low blood flow during first few days of life Early infancy: More rapid
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How is absorption affected with transdermal meds for infants?
Blood flow to skin is greater because skin is very thin. So infants are at increased risk of toxicity from topical drugs
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How is distribution of drugs affected in neonates and infants?
- Reduced dosage needed because - limited drug/protein binding - Amount of serum albumin is relatively low - blood brain barrier not fully developed (drugs have easy access to CNS)
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In which age group do children metabolize drugs faster than adults?
Until 2 years of age
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Goal of treatment for older adults?
Reduce symptoms and improve quality of life
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How is absorption affected in older adults?
Rate of absorption slows
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How is distribution affected in older adults?
Decreased protein binding of drugs and increased levels of free drugs
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How is metabolism affected in older adults?
Hepatic metabolism declines Half-lives of some drugs may increase, prolonging responses Some oral drug responses may be enhanced
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How is excretion affected in older adults
Renal function declines causing potential for drug accumulation
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Most important cause of adverse drug reactions in older adults
Drug accumulation due to reduced renal excretion
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Nursing considerations for older adults taking medications
Renal function should be assessed Using creatinine clearance rather than serum creatinine (Creatinine levels may be normal even though kidney function is greatly reduced)
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Nursing considerations to reduce ADRs in older adults
Monitor patients response and plasma drug levels

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