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The study of drugs.

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Pharmacology

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Pharmakon means this.

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Remedy

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Logos means this

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Study (or body of knowledge)

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What are the three ways to classify therapeutics?

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Drugs - traditional drugs (i.e. chemical agents)
Biologics - antibodies, hormones
Natural health products - herbals, vitamins, minerals

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What branch oversees pharmacologic agents in Canada?

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Health Canada Products and Food Branch

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What are the different directorates of the Health Canada Products and Food Branch?

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Therapeutic Products Directorate
Biologics and Genetic Therapies Directorate
Natural Health Products Directorate

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Oversees traditional drugs such as pills and capsules.

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Therapeutic Products Directorate

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Oversees antibody and hormone-type therapeutics

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Biologics and Genetic therapies directorate

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What are the different ways in which a drug is named?

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Trade name
Generic name
Chemical (IUPAC) name

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Describes the chemical structure of the molecule. Is used by chemists but not by many others.

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Chemical name

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A unique name that identifies a drug. Most commonly used in pharmacology. It is the name that should be used by HCPs

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Generic name

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The name assigned by a drug company, usually easy to remember and marketable.

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Trade name

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What is the issue with trade names?

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The problem with trade names is that many companies may make the same drug, therefore it may have different trade names.

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Approval of marketed drugs in Canada takes approximately ___ years.
The total cost of a new drug can be as high as ___________$.

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800 000 000$

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Approval of marketed drugs in Canada goes through many stages. What are they?

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Pre-clinical testing and Drug discovery
Clinical trial application
Phase 1 clinical trial
Phase 2 clinical trial
Phase 3 clinical trial
New drug submission (NDS) submitted to Health Canada
Phase IV clinical trial
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This step of drug testing/development is done in culture cells, living tissue or experimental animals.
The goal is to evaluate biological effects, pharmacokinetics and toxicity.

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Preclinical testing/Drug discovery

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This must be submitted to Health Canada prior to any human studies.
Details all pre-clinical data.
Health Canada will respond within ___ days of receipt.

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Clinical trial application

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Involves testing on 20-100 healthy volunteers.

What is evaluated at this stage?

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Phase 1 clinical testing

Evaluate pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics

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Involves testing on 300-500 patients with the target disorder.
What is determined at this stage?

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Phase II clinical trial

Therapeutic effectiveness, side effects and dosing information is gathered

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Involves testing on 500-5000 patients with the disorder.

What is determined?

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Therapeutic effectiveness is verified, long term side effects are assessed

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Report detailing the therapeutic effectiveness and safety of the drug.
It includes results from pre-clinical and clinical trials.

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New drug submission

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If the NDS is approved, what does Health Canada issue?

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Notice of Compliance (NOC) and a Drug information number (DIN)

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What is needed to market a drug?

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NOC and DIN
Notice of Compliance
Drug information number

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Includes PMS (post-market surveillance).
Health Canada monitors the efficacy and safety of the drug after it has been marketed.
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Phase IV Clinical trial

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What are the different, major routes of administration?
Enteral Parenteral Topical/other
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Route of administration that involves the GI tract.
Enteral
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What are the different enteral routes of administration?
Oral | Rectal
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Route involving drug injection.
Parenteral route
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What are the different parenteral routes?
Intravenous Intramuscular Subcutaneous
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Study of what the body does to the drug. | Encompasses four factors, what are they?
Pharmacokinetics | ADME - absorption, distribution, metabolism, excretion
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Most orally administered drugs are absorbed in the ____________, transported by the ________ blood supply to the _______.
Small intestine Portal Liver
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Primary site of drug metabolism
Liver
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After reaching the liver, what are the two fates of orally administered drugs?
Enter the systemic circulation and are distributed to different organs Enter the bile duct and get excreted back into the intestine, and leave the body in feces
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What is the primary site of drug excretion?
Kidneys
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These form a barrier against orally ingested drugs, toxins and nutrients
Intestinal villi
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A - Contains genetic material B - Metabolizes drugs, carbohydrates and steroids C - Synthesizes proteins (not ribosomes) D - Processes and packages proteins and lipids E - Produces ATP F - Separates the intracellular and extracellular environments
``` A - nucleus B - smooth ER C - Rough ER D - Golgi apparatus E - Mitochondria F - Cell membrane ```
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Cellular component which is the major determinant of which drugs are able to enter the cell.
Cell membrane
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What is the lipid bilayer composed of? What are these composed of?
Phospholipids - contain Two fatty acids (hydrophobic tails) and a polar head group (phosphate) Proteins and cholesterol are also embedded
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What are the different ways in which drugs cross the cell membrane?
Direct penetration of the cell membrane Through ion channels and pores Specific transport proteins (drug transporters)
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What is needed for a drug to be able to directly penetrate the cell membrane?
The drug MUST be lipophilic
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Channels and pores in cell membranes are very _____. Only very small compounds (MW < ____) can pass Channels are very _______ - meaning only certain compounds can fit through them
small <200 Da selective
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What is an example of a drug that passes through ion channels?
Lithium
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Carrier proteins that move drugs from one side of the cell membrane to the other. What are the two types?
Drug transporters Uptake transporters - from outside the cell to inside Efflux transporters - from inside the cell to outside
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Important in protecting cells. Present in the intestine, placenta, kidney and BBB.
Efflux transporters
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Important in mediating intestinal absorption, renal excretion and reaching target sites of action inside cells
Uptake transporters
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What are the different types of drug molecules?
``` Polar molecules Ions Quaternary ammonium compounds Ionizable molecules Lipophilic molecules ```
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Water soluble molecules which have an uneven distribution of electrical charge, but no net charge.
Polar molecules
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Atoms or molecules in which the total number of electrons is not equal to the total number of protons, resulting in a net charge.
Ions
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Have at least one nitrogen atom and have a positive charge AT ALL TIMES
Quaternary ammonium compounds
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Can exist in charged (weak acid or base) or uncharged forms.
Ionizable molecules
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Weak acid - determine whether non-ionized or ionized is the majority in each environment. Acidic, basic.
Acidic - uncharged/unionized | Basic - charged/ionized
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Weak base - determine whether non-ionized or ionized is the majority in each environment. Acidic, basic.
Acidic - ionized | Basic - unionized
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Able to pass through cell membranes.
Lipophilic molecules
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Most drugs are weak _____ and thus cross membranes more easily in an ________ medium.
bases | alkaline
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Occurs when there is a difference in pH on different sides of a membrane.
Ion trapping
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In ion trapping, where do drugs accumulate?
On the side in which they are ionized.
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How is ion trapping clinically relevant?
Used in treatment of overdoses
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What are the large gaps in capillaries called? How is lipophilic drug movement different from hydrophilic drug movement in capillaries?
Fenestrations Hydrophilic drugs can only pass through fenestrations (or transporters); lipophilic drugs can pass through the membrane or through fenestrations
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What is different about capillaries at the BBB?>
There are no fenestrations; drugs can only enter through transporters or if lipophilic

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