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Pharmacology

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the study of drugs and their action on a critter’s body

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Drugs

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substances which can affect a critter

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Pharmacodynamics

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the branch of pharmacology dealing with reactions between drugs and living systems

what a drug does to a critter

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Pharmacokinetics

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mathematical description of the processes through which a drug is handled once introduced into the body

what the critter does to the drug

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toxicology

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the study of how drugs poison cells, critters and/or ecosystems

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LADME

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liberation, absorption, distribution, metabolism, elimination

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Liberation

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process of the drug being “liberated” from its carrier tablet, capsule, etc.

aka disintegration

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Absorption

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the nature and characteristics of how a drug moves from its site(s) of administration into the critter’s plasma (usually)

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What variables affect absorption past a membrane?

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Size of drug molecule (small ones go through)
Ionization of drug (nonionized go through)
Lipid solubility (lipophilic go through)
pH
Administration route
Dosage form
Drug solubility

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Distribution

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dissemination of a drug throughout the “compartments” of a critter’s body, such as plasma, tissues, or organs

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Where are IV drugs preferentially absorbed on bypass?

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Muscle or brain; won’t be disseminated equally; depends how easily it moves into the membrane

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What is the major vehicle for distribution of drug?

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Bloodstream

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What can affect distribution of a drug?

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blood flow, fat, or water solubility

protein binding

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Metabolism

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the biotransformation of a drug into other (secondary) compounds (which can also be drugs). Frequently a task performed by the critter’s liver (kidney, skin, lungs too)

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After the drug has been absorbed and distributed, what happens?

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The body work to break it down via metabolism into metabolites

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What is the major organ for metabolism?

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Liver

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How does the liver metabolize?

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Via drug oxidation by the Cytochrome P-450 enzyme system

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Cytochrome P-450 enzyme system

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enzymes induce (increase) or inhibit (decrease) metabolic activity.

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Why do people who frequently drink alcohol become more tolerant to it?

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enzyme induction by the cytochrome P-450 enzyme system

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What kind of metabolism capability does the fetal liver have?

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Fetal liver has 1/3 the drug metabolism capacity as the adult liver therefore metabolism is reduced at birth

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Aging accounts for what percent reduction of liver mass?

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20-30% of liver mass

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Elimination/Excretion

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process that removes a drug from an organism in urine, feces, etc. IF a drug isn’t removed fast enough it bio-accumulates in the critter

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How can drugs be excreted?

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Urine, Feces, pulmonary system, skin and hair

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What affects metabolism?

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Liver function and enzymes

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What is the main route of elimination of drugs?
Renal system
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What affects elimination?
Renal blood flow and kidney function
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2 Categories of drug administration
Enteral | Parenteral
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First pass effect
For each drug a certain % is converted from the original "mother" compound into some intermediate metabolite
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What form is the drug passed on as after first pass effect?
Either the chemically intact drug or as a metabolite
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Parental Routes of Administration
``` IV Intra-arterial Intramuscular Subcutaneous Inhalation Topical Intraosseus transdermal Intrathecal/intraventricular (brain) (Rectal?) ```
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IV Absorption: Continuous Infusion
Ex. IV drip; gives a regulated, consisted dose over time, causing a steady state in drug concentration
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IV Absorption: Intermittent Dose
Ex. Injection; has peaks and troughs in drug concentration
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Off-Label Use
use of pharmaceuticals or medical devices for an (FDA) unapproved age group, unapproved dosages, unapproved form of administration, or unapproved indication
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What percent of hospitalized patients experience ADR's? (mild to severe)
A least 5%
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Additive Interactions
1+1 = 2 The summation of the effects of two (or more) drugs given together is equal to each of them given separately but at the same time.
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Synergistic Interactons
1+1 = 3 | The summation of each individual drug's activity exceeds the sum of the two individual drugs
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Potentiation
``` 1+0 =3 One drug (which has no direct effect) increases the response of the other drug, which normally has a lesser effect ```
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Passive Diffusion
Doesn't require energy | Drug moves from area of high concentration to low concentration
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Facilitated Diffusion
Doesn't require energy Used for "large" molecules can be "saturated"
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Active Transport
Required energy (ATP) Can move drugs against a concentration gradient can be saturated
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Endocytosis/Exocytosis
Engulfment of large drugs by a cell in a membrane-lined vessicle Requires energy and cells
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Types of Passive Diffusion
Aqueous Diffusion | Lipid Diffusion
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What type of diffusion does the Fick Equation represent?
Aqueous diffusion
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What is the Fick Equation?
(Area of diffusion surface x difference in concentration)/(Thickness of diffusion interface surface)
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How can we "trap" acidic or basic drugs in the renal tubules for increase excretion?
Make them more polar
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How do acid drugs get trapped?
Trapped as anions in alkaline urine
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How do basic drugs get trapped?
Trapped as cations in acidic urine
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pH Equation
pH = -log [H+]
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"Acidic" drugs have a ________ pk <7.00
lower; ex. warfarin
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"Basic" drugs have a ________ pk >7.00
higher; ex. phenylephrine
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Drug selectivity
the extent to which a drug acts at one specific receptor site
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Receptor
A macromolecule or the component of a cell or organism that interacts with a drug and initiates the chain of biochemical events leading to the drugs observed effects
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3 Things May Happen when a drug binds to a receptor
1. Ion channel can be opened or closed (calcium channel blockers) 2. Biochemical messengers activated (ex. beta-adrenergics causing increased cyclic 3, 5 AMP) 3. Normal cellular function turned off or on (ex. antibiotics destroy cell wall)
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Racemic Mixtures
contain two different isomers; isomers have exact same elemental components but the molecular arrangement is different; each isomer can have different pharmacologic activity
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Adrenal medulla produces what kind of epinephrine? Which has _______x the vasopressor effect as the opposed form
Left-handed, 15 x
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Vasopressor
Raises blood pressure
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What form of epinephrine is long-acting and more stable?
"Right-handed" form
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What form of epinephrine do pharmacological preparations make?
50/50 mixtures of left and right-handed forms
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4 Tenants of Law of Mass Action
1. Pharmacological effects are reversible bc drug-receptor complex is reversible. 2. Pharmacological effects are proportional to the number of receptors occupied. 3. Pharmacological effects plateau because they are limited by the total number of receptors 4. Drug effects are proportional to the dose
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Agonists
Bind to and activate a receptor which directly or indirectly brings about an effect Activates receptor
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Antagonists
bind to a receptor and prevent binding of other molecules or drugs; often has little or no inherent response
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Partial Agonists
produce a lower response than full agonists; effects of both but less of an effect
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Agonist/Antagonists
have properties of both an agonist and an antagonist; has effect of one and blocks the effect with the other
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Intrinsic Activity
measure of drugs effectiveness of causing a response (efficacy)
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What intrinsic activity does an antagonistic drug have?
0, meaning it would bind but have no response
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What instrinsic activity would a full agonist have?
1
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What intrinsic activity would a partial agonist have?
0.5 (or somewhere between 0 and 1)
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Spare Receptor Concept
1. Maximal response can be achieved by an agonist even if only a fraction of the receptors are occupied 2. Sensitivity of the cell to an agonist concentration depends on affinity of receptors for the drug and total receptor concentration
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Concentration- Time Curves
describe drug kinetics such as elimination rates, half-lives, clearance, volume of distribution, etc.
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Effect- Concentration Curves
"Dose-response Curves"
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Chemical Antagonism
Ex. heparin/protamin | Actually interact
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Physiologic Antagonism
Ex. Dexamethasone/insulin | Lisinopril/epinephrine
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4 Types of Receptors
1. Regulatory Proteins (neurotransmitters/hormones) 2. Enzymes 3. Transport proteins (Na/K ATPase) 4. Structural proteins (tubulin-receptor for colchicine)
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3 Aspects of Drug Receptor Function
1. Receptors determine the nature and characteristics of "Drug Concentration-Effect Curve" 2. Receptors function as regulatory proteins and part of chemical signaling mechanisms that provides targets for drugs 3. Receptors determine the therapeutic and toxic effects of drugs on a critter
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4 Transmembrane Signaling Mechanisms
1. Ligand Gated Ion Channels (Cholinergic nicotinic receptors) 2. G protein-coupled receptors (a and b adrenoceptors) 3. Enzyme linked receptors (insulin) 4. Intracellular receptors (steroid receptors)
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Signal Amplification
One drug molecule interacts with many receptors | The activated receptors can persist for longer than the original drug ligand/receptor complex existed
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Tolerance
Increased amount of a drug is needed to produce the same effect
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Desensitization
Long-term exposure of a drug to cells or tissues makes those tissues less responsive over time
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Down-Regulation
Occurs over a longer period than desensitization (hours to days to weeks) Receptors are internalization and eliminated Consequently, the effects of down-regulation are longer-lasting
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Potency
The amount of drug necessary to produce an effect of a given magnitude; differences can be overcome by simply giving more drug
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How are potencies compared?
By the amount of drug required to produce 50% of the maximal effect (EC50)
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Efficacy
The ability of a drug to elicit a response when it interacts with a receptor
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Therapeutic Index
Ratio of the drug doses that produces a specified toxic effect in 50% of the population vs the dose that produces a specified therapeutic effect in 50% of the population TD50/ED50
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What is considered a narrow therapeutic index?
Anything less than 2
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What has a small therapeutic index?
Warfarin; ecmo/vads
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What has a large therapeutic index?
Penicillin

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