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Therapeutic Drug Monitoring Flashcards

1
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What is therapeutic drug monitoring?

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the measurement of drugs and/or their metabolites in body fluids-usually blood-to maintain therapeutic benefits

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What is the definition of drugs (for the purpose of this class)?

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medications that are prescribed by medical providers

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What is the definition of therapeutic range (TR)?

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the dose, or concentration, range of a drug within which the drug produces the desired therapeutic effect​

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What is the result if a drug is outside of the therapeutic range?

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Inefficacy or toxicity

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What are the two main purposes of TDM?

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  • Ensure correct drug dosages for the T.R.​
  • Identify drug-drug interactions if multiple drugs are taken together
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When would TDM be appropriate for a drug?

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  • The drug has a narrow therapeutic range
  • Marled pharmacokinetic variabilities
  • Critical adverse effects
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All of the following are what?

Age​

Gender​

Genetics​

Diet​

Co-administered drugs​

Naturopathic agents

A

Factors that influence drug concentrations and efficacy

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Define pharmacokinetics

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Study of the movement of drugs in the body

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What does pharmacokinetics tell us?

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Provides a time-course of drug concentrations in the body as a function of absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion

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What is bioavailability?

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The fraction of the administered dose that eventually reaches its site of action​

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11
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The following are all examples of what?

Oral—most common, least invasive​

Intravenous (IV)—most direct & effective​

Intramuscular (IM)​

Subcutaneous (SC)​

Aerosol​

Transdermal patch​

Rectal

A

Routes of administration

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What are the three factors that effect the efficiency of absorption from GI tract?

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  • Dissociation from its administered form​
  • Solubility in GI fluids​
  • Diffusion across GI membranes
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T/F:

In order for a drug to passively diffuse from the GI tract to the bloodstream, it must be in the hydrophilic state.

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FALSE

The drug must be in the hydrophobic state (nonionized)

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14
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Drugs will be absorbed in the GI tract ____ in healthy people.

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Predictably

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15
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Weak acids are efficiently absorbed by the __a__; weak bases are absorbed in the __b__

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a) Stomach

b) intestine

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16
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Drug absorption is affected by what?

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Changes in intestinal motility, pH, inflammation

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T/F:

Absorption is not changed wen someone is getting older, becomes pregnant, or develops a pathological condition.

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FALSE

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18
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What is the definition of drug distribution?

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The movement of a drug between blood circulation and tissues and organs and the relative proportion of the drug in the tissues​

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____ ____ affects the ability of a drug to leave circulation

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Lipid Solubility

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20
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What is a free fraction?

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The portion of a drug that exerts a pharmacologic effect​

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21
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Free fractions can diffuse out of the __a__ and into the __b__ and __c__ spaces.

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a) vasculature

b) interstitial

c) intracellular

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22
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What is the formula for drug distribution?

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The volume of distribution of a drug = (dose of the drug) / (concentration of the drug​)

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23
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The following are characteristics of what protein?

Majority of plasma protein constituents​

Major transporter of drugs​

Changes in concentration affects free vs bound

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Albumin

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T/F:

Most drugs are subject to binding with serum protein constituents to form drug-protein complexes

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TRUE

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25
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Only ________ fractions can interact with the site of action to result in a biologic response

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Free/unbound

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All drugs absorbed from the intestine (except rectum) enter what system?

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Hepatic portal system

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27
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What is the first pass effect?

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The phenomenon in which a drug is metabolized, results in a reduced concentration o the drug before reaching the circulatory system

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28
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What are the consequences of impaired liver function?

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  • Reduced ability to metabolize
  • Effects ability to perform biotransformation to produce the therapeutically active metabolite of the drug
  • May require dosing adjustments
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29
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What are xenobiotics?

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Makes up the most drugs. They are exogenous substances capable of entering biochemical pathways that are meant for endogenous substances

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30
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_____ is the biochemical pathway responsible for a large portion of drug metabolism​

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Hepatic mixed function oxidase (MFO) systems

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What are the two basic function of MFO?

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  • Involves taking hydrophobic substances & through a series of enzymatic reaction, converts them to water soluble products​
  • Products can then be transported into the bile or released into general circulation for elimination by renal filtration
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Result of Phase 1 reactions in MFO

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To produce reactive intermediates

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Result of Phase 2 reactions in MFO

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Conjugate functional groups to reactive sites in water-soluble products

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T/F:

Drug elimination is dependent on the clearance mechanism

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FALSE:

Independent of clearance mechanism, decreases in the plasma drug concentration most often occur as a first-order process

35
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For drugs not secreted or reabsorbed, the elimination rate directly relates to ____

A

Glomerular Filtration Rate (GFR)

A decreased GFR results in increased half life and plasma concentration

36
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Many drugs metabolized in the liver are excreted in ____

A

Bile

37
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T/F:

When administering drugs on a schedule, you only want the peak blood drug concentration to be in the therapeutic range

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FALSE

You want to have both peak and trough concentrations to be in the therapeutic range

38
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How many doses are typically needed to reach a steady-state oscillation?

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5-7 doses

39
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What is the definition of pharmacodynamics?

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  • The study of the biochemical and physiological effects of drugs and their mechanisms of action​
  • Describes the relationship between a drug’s concentration at its site of action and its pharmacological responses​
40
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What is the single most important factor of specimen collection?

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Accurate timing of specimen collection

41
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When is the trough typically drawn?

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Right before the next dose or random

42
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If on oral meds, when is the peak drawn?

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1 hour post oral dose

43
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If on V medication, when is the peak drawn?

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90 min post IV dose

44
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T/F:

You want to draw peaks only after that 5-7 dose steady oscillation is achieved

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TRUE

45
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What tube is preferred for medication testing?

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Serum (RED)– NO GEL as it may interfere

46
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What tube do you collect for immunosuppressive drug testing?

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EDTA WB

47
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What is the definition of pharmacogenomics?

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The science of studying variations and developing drug therapies to compensate for the genetic differences impacting therapy regimens​

48
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What is the difference between a responder and a nonresponder?

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Responders will have the benefits of the therapeutic/desired effects of a drug while Nonresponders do not.

49
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What is the prominent gene that affects drug metabolism?

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Cytochrome P450 (CYP450)

50
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What does CYP450 tell us?

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Indicates which drug would work best, predicts interactions, or if there would be a benefit

51
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Digoxin

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One of the most common cardioactive drugs.

It is a cardiac glycoside and treats arrythmias and CHF.

Inhibits membrane Na-K-ATPase

LONG half live as once it is in the tissues it stays

52
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Quinidine

A

Cardioactive Drug

Natural from bark to treat arrythmias

53
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Disopyramide

A

Cardioactive Drug

Substitute for Quinidine

54
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Procainamide and N-Acetylprocainamide

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Cardioactive Drug

55
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What is NAPA?

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Cardioactive Drug

The hepatic metabolite of procainamide that works similarly to parent drug

56
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Aminoglycosides

A

Antibiotic

Treats gram neg and gram pos infections

Inhibits bacterial protein synthesis

57
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Gentamicin

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Antibiotic

Treats GNR - life threatening

58
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T/F:

Nephrotoxicity is always reversible without compromising renal function

A

FALSE

Nephrotoxicity is USUALLY reversible but it CAN CAUSE renal failure

59
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T/F:

Ototoxicity is irreversible

A

TRUE

60
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Tobramycin

A

Antibiotic

Treats GNR

Ototoxic and nephrotxic

61
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Amikacin

A

Antibiotic

Treats severe blood infections

62
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Vancomycin

A

Antibiotic

Glycopeptide antibiotic

Against GPC and GPR

63
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What are adverse effects of vancomycin?

A
  • Redman syndrome (extremity flushing)
  • Nephrotoxicity
  • Ototoxicity
64
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Antiepileptic Drugs (AEDs)

A

Treat and suppress seizures

Only effective while drug metabolites are in the body

TDM is critical

65
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Primidone

A

AED

grand mal seizure– when resistance to other AEDs

66
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Phenobarbitol

A

AED

67
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Phenytoin and Free Phenytoin

A

AED

Common treatment for seizure disorder and short term prophylactic agent in brain injury

68
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What percentage do we have bound and free form of phenytoin and free phenytoin in the body?

A

90% bound form

10% free form

We need both in the body with some individualism as every body is different

69
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Carbamazepine (Tegretol)

A

AED

Severe adverse events (only use if nonresponsive to other AED)

70
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Valproic Acid (Depakote)

A

AED

71
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Gabapentin (Neurontin)

A

AED

Used for seizures and pain management

72
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Lithium

A

Psychoactive drug

Mood altering and used to treat bipolar, depression, aggresive/self-mutilatin, cluster headache, migraines

NO LIHEP TUBES

73
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Tricyclic Antidepressants (TCAs)

A

Psychoactive drug

Used to treat depression, insomnia, extreme apathy, loss of libido

74
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Clozapine (Clozaril, FazaClo)

A

Psychoactive drug

Treats refractory schizophrenia

75
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Olanzapine (Zyprexa)

A

Psychoactive drug

Treats schizophrenia, acute manic episodes, bipolar disorder

76
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Immunosuppressive Drugs

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TDM used to monitor Immunosuppressive Drugs to prevent organ rejection

Most require est. of individual dosage regimens

77
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Clyclosporine

A

Immunosuppressive Drug

Suppress graft vs host rejection

78
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Tacrolimus FK-506

A

Immunosuppressive Drug

Oral, 100x more potent than cyclosporine

79
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Sirolimus

A

Immunosuppressive Drugs

Antifungal agent to prevent graft rejection in kidney transplants

80
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Everolimus

A

Immunosuppressive Drug

Derived from Sirolimus

Short half live results in a more rapid achievement of steady state pharmacokinetics

WB

81
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Mycophenolic Acid (MPA)

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Immunosuppressive Drug

MPA is the active from of Mycophenolate mofetil which is a prodrug that rapidly converts to in the liver to MPA

82
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Antineoplastics

A

Pharmacodynamics are hard to est. so TDM isn’t as useful

Many rapidly metabolized or incorporated into cellular macromolecular structures​

Delivered dose more relevant than circulating concentrations​

83
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Methotrexate

A

Antineoplastic

TDM offers some benefits to est. therapeutic regimen

84
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Theophylline

A

Bronchodilator

Used to treat respiratory disorder

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