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1
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what are the fundamental questions regarding medication? 3

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how to deliver, what concentration, how long should the medication be taken for

2
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what are the benefits (2) and drawbacks (1) of topical medication admin

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Topical: + immediately effective, long lasting, - most most drug action sites are internal

3
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define pharmacokinetics

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what the body does to the drug

4
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what are the four factors affecitng pharmacokinetics

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ADME. Absorption, Distribution, Metabolism, excretion

5
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what are seven common routes of drug admin?

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  1. oral 2. IV 3. Topical 4. rectal 5. injection 6. inhaled 7. sublingual
6
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what is the first-pass effect

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drugs that are absorbed through the GI tract must first pass through liver before going to systemic circulation. the liver detoxifies some of the drug and concentration decreases

7
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what are four ways in which oral drugs are lost?

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  1. stool 2. detoxed by liver 3. binds plasma proteins/ends up in adipose (free drug=active drug) 4. excreted
8
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what does MEC stand for? what are the two types associated with drugs?

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minimum effective concentration. MEC for desired response. MEC for adverse response.

9
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what is the therapeutic window of a drug?

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between MEC for desired response and MEC for adverse response

10
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most drugs are absorbed actively/passively due to their _____/____ nature. this type of absorption is/ is not saturable and therefore displays ___ order kinetics

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passively hydrophobic/uncharged (easily pass through membrane) not saturable first order kinetics

11
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the pKa for a weak acid is…

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12
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the pKa for a weak base is

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>7

13
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most drugs are what type of acid or base?

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weak acid or base

14
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what form of WA/WB are readily absorbed

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uncharged form

15
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when decreasing pH what form does WA/WB take

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WA: HA (uncharged) WB: HB+ (charged)

16
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when increasing pH what form does WA/WB take

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WA: A- (charged) WB: B (uncharged)

17
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Aspirin is a weak acid drug, will increasing intestine pH increase aspirin absorption?

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decrease absorption HA+H20==>A- + H3O+ (more of the deportonated charged form)

18
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what is bioavailability?

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the amount of an oral drug that actually reaches systemic circulation and can be used by the body

19
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if given a graph of [plasma drug] vs time of an injected drug and orall drug, how can you calculate the bioavailability

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BA: Area under curve oral/AUC injected X100

20
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what factors limit the bioavailability of a drug? 5

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some drugs are degraded in acid of stomach, some drugs are not efficiently absorbed in GI tract, micororganisms in GIT metabolize drugs, first pass effect

21
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what factors impact the distribution of drugs in the body? 4

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blood flow, capillary permabeability, binding of drugs to plasma proteins/tissues, hyrdrophobic/hydrophilic drugs

22
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how does blood flow impact drug distribution?

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some organs receive more blood flow (brain, liver, kidney>muscle, skin, fat) and therefore more exposure to drugs in circulation

23
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how does capillary permeability impact drug distribution?

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some capillaries are less permeable. brain capilllaries less permeable than liver capillaries

24
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what is a drug resevoir?

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drugs bind plasma proteins and in tissues, these drugs are not active. when the free drug concentration decreases, these drugs will be released.

25
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what are the two “compartments” of the body/

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central compartment (circulation), peripheral compartment (body tissues)

26
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what is the alpha phase?

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an initial rapid decline in [plasma drug] that is a result of body tissues binding/sequestering drug. eventually an equilibrium is obtained

27
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what is the beta phase?

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decrease in drug concentration due to removal from the body (metabolism/excretion)

28
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what is the volume of distribution?

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how much drug needs to be put in the body to get a certain [plasma drug].

29
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what is the eqn for Vd

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Vd=amount of drug in the body (amount given, mg)/drug concentration in plasma (mg/L)

30
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a 70 kg man has how many liters of plasma? liters of blood?

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3 L of plasma, 5.5 L of blood

31
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drug metabolism GENERALLY activates/inactivates a drug

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generally inactivates

32
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the enzymatic modifications of drugs typically make the drug more…

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hydrophilic/polar so they can be excreted

33
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what is a prodrug?

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a drug that is inactive but activated by metabolism

34
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where does drug metabolism mainly occur?

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liver

35
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what are the two phases associated with drug metabolism?

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Phase I, phase II

36
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what is a phase I reaction? main enzyme?

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oxidation, hydrolysis, hydroxylation, dealklylation, deamination. CYTOCHROME P450s (odxidation, reduction, hydrolysis)

37
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what is a phase II reaction?

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addition of a large substituent group (glucuronyl, sulfate, acetyl) that makes the compound more POLAR

38
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Cytochrome P450s: location, role, typical structural feature of substrates

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most important enzyme for drug metabolism, over 57 P450s in human genome. located in membrane of ER (mainly in liver), high lipid solubility is a common structural feature

39
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general rxn that CYP (cyt P450 catalyze)

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NADPH+ H+ +R +O2==>NADP+ + H2O + RO

40
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microsomal (ER) enzymes can be activated by… (3 examples)

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repeated exposure to some drugs: ethanol, phenobarbital, carcinogenic cmpds

41
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microsomal enzymes can be inhibited by….(3)

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decrease activity of CYP. Imdazole containing drugs, some antibiotics, grape fruit juice

42
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how many Cytochrome P450s account for 95% of drug metabolism? which is the biggest contributor

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6 Cyt P450 enzymes. CYP3A4

43
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what is the M-M eqn?

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v=(Vmax[C])/(Km+[C]), [C] is drug concentration

44
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when [C]>>>>Km, what does the M-M eqn look like? what order kinetics?

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v=(Vmax[C]^0); zero order reaction. V is independent of [drug]; saturated (drugs that need a transport protein)

45
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when [C]

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v=(Vmax[C])/(Km); first order reaction. V is dependent on drug concentration; non-saturated (passive diffusion of drugs)

46
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most drug elimination resembles which order kinetics?

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first order, the rate (-dC/dt) of disappearance is dependent on the concentration of the drug

47
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what is the integrated rate law for 0 order reactions?

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[C(subt)]=-kt+ [C(sub0)]

48
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what is the integrated rate law for a 1 order reaction?

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ln[C(subt)]=ln[C(sub0)]-kt

49
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the rate of disappearance for a drug having zero order kinetics is…

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-dC/dt=k; elimination has become saturated

50
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the rate of disappearance for a drug having first order kinetics is….

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-dC/dt=K[C]; elimination is not saturated

51
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what is half-life of eliminaiton?

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the amount of time required for the concentration of drug in the blood to decrease by 1/2

52
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what is t(1/2) for a first order reaction

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=.693/k

53
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what is t(1/2) for a zero order reaction?

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=[C(sub)]/(k*2)

54
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what is clearance?

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CL; the volume of plasma cleared of the drug per unit time (L/hr)

55
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does clearance for most drugs depend on concentration of the drug?

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YES! most drugs depict a first order elimination. -dC/dt=kC

56
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what equation related CL and Vd?

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k=CL/Vd

57
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what equation relates half life (first order), Vd, and CL?

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t(1/2)=(.693(Vd))/CL

58
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a pt took 10 mg IV injection of a drug and the plasma drug concentration was 1 mg/mL. 10 hrs later the drug concentration was .25 mg/L. what is CL

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1.4 L/hr

59
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what is the (Css) steady state concentration of a drug?

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seen during drug accumulation (repeated dose of a drug, contstant rate IV), this is when the rate of infusion=rate of elimination (first order reaction, the concentration of the drug gets high enough where its eliminanation matches its accumulation)

60
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If rate of infusion (IV infusion) increases then what happens to Css

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Css increases (directly proportional, double rate=double Css)

61
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if the clearance of a drug increases (is doubled) what happens to Css?

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Css halves (inversely proportional)

62
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when do we see CL decrease?

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liver or kidney disease

63
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what is clearance?

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how fast the drug is eliminated from the body

64
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what determines the time to reach the steady state? exception?

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changed only by factors that change t(1/2). only factors that alter elimination (increase metabolism of a drug or increase clearance will both decrease the amount of time to reach Css). Exception is a loading does that will attain Css faster due to a higher initial dose

65
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a pt takes a drug with regular repeated oral doses. which may result in shorterr time required to reach Css? 1. shorten the dose interval by 50% 2. increase drug dose by 2x 3. take a drug that induces the P450 enzyme 4.take a drug that inhibits P450

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  1. inducing P450 will increase the CL and the Css will be reached faster
66
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changing the rate of infusion of a drug changes the final Css/time to Css, but does not alter the final Css/ time to Css

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changes the final Css does not change time to Css

67
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relate Css value and frequency of dose (oral) and interval of dose

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Css=frequency/interval of dose as frequency increases, Css increases as interval increases, Css decreases

68
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relate Css value and dose of a drug

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Css is directly proportional to dose. increase dose, increase Css (the time to Css does not change!!)

69
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if a drug is not metbaolized by the liver very well, what is a possible side effect?

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the drug accumulates in the body

70
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rate of elimination=

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CL x [C]

71
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Label:

onset of effect, topical admin, oral admin, duration of action, peak effect, intensity, MEC for advers, MEC for desired, therapeutic window

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