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Pharm. Disposition Flashcards

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Pharmacokinetics - Definition

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Effect of the body on the drug

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Pharmacodynamics - Definition

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The effect of the drug on the body

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4 Principle Processes of Disposition:

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A. Absorption

B. Distribution

C. Metabolism

D. Excretion

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Barriers to absorption

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  • lipid membrane
  • BBB (in brain - tight junction and need highly lipid drug to pass)
  • Metabolic inactivation (example: binding to albumin makes it too big to pass through capillaries)
  • drug-drug interaction
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Diffusion Through Membrane Depends Upon:

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  • area of membrane
  • thickness of membrane
  • concentration gradient across membrane
  • lipid solubility of membrane (partition coefficient)
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4 Rules About Drug Diffusion

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Rule #1 – The larger the partition coefficient, the more rapid the absorption

Rule #2 – ionized molecules do not cross by simple diffusion

Rule #3 – when the pH on either side of the membrane is the same then the total amounts of drug on each side of the membrane are the same.

Rule #4 – If the pH on each side of the membrane is different, there will be a difference in concentration across the membrane. This difference is known as ion trapping or pH partitioning.

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Drug Distribution by Compartment (over time)

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Blood>Vessel Rich Group (heart, brain, kidneys)>muscle>fat

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Major Site of Oral Absorption and Rate

(2 more rules)

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Rule #1 – major site for absorption is the small intestine. Large surface area, transit time.

Rule #2 – Rate of absorption is dependent upon how fast stomach empties (glass of water increases absorption because it hastens emptying)

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Routes of Administration

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  • IV
  • Inhalation
  • IM
  • Enteral
    • sublingual
    • rectal
    • oral
  • Topical
  • Placental
  • Breast Milk
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IV Administration - Pros and Cons

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Pros

  • rapid onset of action
  • accurate control of blood levels
  • directly to the central compartment (i.e., blood)

Cons

  • non-removable
  • rapid with high concentrations (fast can be toxic)
  • embolism, fever, excessive fluid loads
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IM/Sub Q Administration - Pros and Cons

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Pros

  • IM more rapid than SC
  • IM less sensitive to irritants than SC
  • SC - slow absorpotion with a vasoconstrictor
  • sustained release preparations possible

Cons

  • PAIN - irritation and local necrosis with SC
  • must use small volumes
  • infection
  • sterile abscess
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Inhalation Administration - Pros and Cons

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Pros

  • large surface area
  • high blood flow
  • efficient absorption of gases, aerosoles and atomized particles
  • local and systemic delivery
  • equipment-dependent metered doses

Cons

  • allergic reactions
  • route used for drugs of abuse and for occupational/environmental toxins
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Topical Administration - Pros and Cons

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Pros

  • dermis is freely permeable, so more absorption through abraded or burned skin
  • absorption dependent on surface area
    • enhanced by oily suspension of drug
    • hydrated skin more permeable
  • controlled release patches are popular

Cons

  • allergic reactions, especially to adhesives in patch
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Sublingual/Buccal - Administration

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  • under the tongue or between check and gum
  • drains into superior vena cava, bypass the liver and do not get first pass metabolism
  • onset of action is rapid
  • lipid solubility and ionization are important factors
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Rectal - Administration

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  • wide variety of drugs available
  • useful for unconscious patients, children or drugs that irritate the GI lining
  • 50% of drug absorbed will bypass liver

Cons

  • absorption is incomplete, irregular
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Oral - Administration

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  • most common
  • economical
  • safe
  • sustained release preps. possible

Cons

  • irritates the GI tract
  • destroys drug
  • irregular absorption - slow onset
  • overdose
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Placental Exposure

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  • placental membranes are normal cell membranes
  • if available orally, fetus will be exposed
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Breast Milk - Exposure

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  • pH is slightly acidic (6.8)
  • Basic compounds tend to accumulate in BM relative
  • neutral compounds found in amounts similar to plasma
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What is the major enzyme family responsible for microsomal reactions?

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Cytochrome P-450 family

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Facts you must know about CYP-450 family

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Located in the ER

Absorption at 450 nm

Broad specificity (lots of drugs fit in its catalytic site)

50 functional in humans

Major Liver include a variety, but CYP3A4 and 3A5 are the isoforms involved

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CYP3A is responsible for metabolism of what drugs and what percent of drugs?

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CYP3A – 50%

  • rifampin
  • barbituates
  • anticonvulsants
  • St. John’s wort
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What happens during the CYP-450 cycle?

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  • NADPH is oxidized to NADP+
  • P450 reductase reduces flavoprotein
  • Reduced flavoprotein donates its electrons to the P450[Fe3+} drug complex (so it gets reduced)
  • O2 is added to the drug complex, which increases water solubility and electronegativity
  • Water is generated and a single activated Oxygen is transferred to the drug
  • the drug falls off the P450[Fe3+] complex for further processing
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What are some common CYP-450 reactions

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  • N-, S-, O-dealkylations
  • hyrdoxylation
  • N-oxidation
  • dehalogenation
  • S-oxidation
  • deamination
  • desulfuryation
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What happens on first pass CYP-450 metabolism?

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Depends upon drug, but generally speaking:

  • Pro-drug: activation (must occur for drug to act on the body)
  • typical drug: deactivation
  • some drugs: toxic intermediate formed (along with nontoxic intermediates or in their entirety
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Other Phase 1 Reactions
Reductions: rare, but can occur Hydrolyses * Esters, amides * aspirin, acetylcholine, local anesthetics Non-microsomal oxidations * monoamine oxidases - alcohol dehydrogenases
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Type of Phase II Conjugations
* Glucuronidation – UDPGA and PAPS for both, charged species at physiologic pH so that they can be pumped into renal filtrate * Sulfation – same as above * Glutathione conjugation – leukotrienes, glutathione is the cofactor, detoxification (something transferase) * methlyation and acetylation (he did not seem to care if we knew these two)
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What happens in a Type II Metabolism Reaction?
Conjugations – these require activated cofactors to synthesize conjugate -make it more water soluble or charged. All do one or the other, or both.
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How does the body eliminate substances that undergo Phase II glucurondiation and sulfation?
-glucaronic acid (or sulfuronic acid) has a -COOH group attached and the kidney has specialized active transport systems to pump these into the renal filtrate
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What are the categories of drug-drug interactions?
* P450 Inhibition * P450 Induction * Drug Transporter Inhibition * Excretion * Enterohepatic Recycling
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Drug-Drug Interactions: P450 Inhibition
Generally due to either: * Competitive inhibition - Reversible, competition of substrate and inhibitor for site on enzyme * Direct inhibition: irreversible, formation of stable complex between drug metabolite and enzyme * For Phase 2 enzymes, inhibit by depletion of cofactors (starving, alcoholic) * **_Culprit_**s: cimetidine, omeprazole, grapefruit juice, metrondiazone, ciproflaxin, sulfonamides, erythromycin, omeprazole, EtOH (binge)
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Consequences of Inhibition
* decreased rate of metabolism * decreased oral first pass metabolism * increased bioavailablity * incread drug plasma concentrations
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Drug-Drug Interactions: P450 Induction Why does it occur?
* occurs because drug binds to nuclear receptor and upregulates CYP transcription * Requires repeated exposure to or administration of a drug or repeated exposure to other agent (ex. smoke, charbroiled meats, PCBs)
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P450 Induction: What Happens?
* Increased rate of synthesis of the P450 enzyme OR * Decreased rate of degradation of the enzyme * increased rate of metabolism * enhanced oral first pass metabolism and reduced bioavailability * decreased drug plasma concentrations * reduced drug exposure
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Induction can occur because of what agents other than drugs?
* cigarette smoke, polycyclic aromatics, charbroiled meats, cruciform vegetables, PCB's
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Drug-Drug Interactions: Drug Transporter Inhibition
* most of time due to competitive inhibition between substrate and drug Influx - OATP Efflux – MDR1/P-gp/ABCB1
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What are the effects of disease on metabolism?
* hepatic disease generally inhibits * cardiac disease can cause a slower metabolism because delivery to liver by blood is rate limiting * thryoid status - effects metabolism
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Excretion
- drugs and metabolites eliminated from the body - protein binding limits the filtering of drugs - reabsorption based on pH and ionization
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First Pass Effects
* If the liver metabolizes the drug, it will not all get into the circulation * In other words, all of the drug is not bioavailable
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What is enterohepatic recycling
When liver passes drug into bile and the gut allows it to re-enter through the portal system and back through the liver to be passively absorbed or reabsorbed. Provides a reservoir of drug for longer duration action.
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What happens to the AUC in a drug plasma vs. time curve?
Inhibition - increases Induction - decreases NB: this is a measure of the bioavailabity of a drug
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Ionization of Weak Acids
HA \<--\> H+ + A-
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Ionization of Weak Bases
BH+ \<--\>H+ + B
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What you need to know about pH and distribution
Reminder: pKa is the pH at which there is 50% ionized and 50% un-ionized forms of the drug in solution Hendersson-Hasselbach pH = pKa + log([acid]/[base]) So, REMEMBER When pH is LOW (i.e., acidic), acids will be un-ionized, bases will be ionized When pH is high, bases will by un-ionized, acids will be ionized Steady state: * Weak acids accumulate on the basic side * Weak bases accumulate on the acidic side

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