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1
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What is enteral administration of a drug?

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administration by mouth

2
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What are some issues with enteral administration?

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Simplest route, but exposes drug to hash acidic and basic environments that could limit its absorption

3
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What is paraenteral administration of a drug?

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drugs introduced directly across the body’s barrier defenses into the systemic circulation, immediately overcoming barriers that can limit the effectiveness of orally administered drugs

4
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What is mucous membrane administration of a drug?

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administration of drugs across mucous membranes

5
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What are some benefits to mucous membrane administration of a drug?

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provides rapid absorption, low incidence of infection, convenience and avoidance of harsh GI environments and first pass metabolism

6
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What is transdermal administration of a drug?

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passive diffusion across the skin directly into the blood

7
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What type of drugs are ideal for transdermal administration?

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Ideal for a drug that must be slowly and continuously administered over extended periods

8
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What is the main barrier of transport for the drug into the cell?

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The hydrophobic core of the cell membrane is the major barrier to drug transport

9
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What types of drugs can overcome the nonpolar core of the plasma membrane to enter the cell?

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Hydrophobic drugs like steroids.

10
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What are the proteins called that can transport hydrophilic drugs across the plasma membrane?

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OATs (organic anion transporter)

11
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What is another method of entry for hydrophilic molecules to enter the cell?

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Endocytosis

12
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What is Fick’s law/equation?

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13
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What is the absorbtion of a drug?

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How and how much of a drug gets into the blood stream. Blood level is important and related to the dose

14
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What is the distribution of the drug?

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How and how much of drug gets to a site of action and across barriers. It is the transport of absorbed drugs from plasma to tissues

15
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What is the metabolism of the drug?

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The degradation of drugs to an inactive form or the activation of prodrugs

16
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What is the elimination of the drug?

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The removal of drugs via urine, feces, expired air, breast milk, saliva or sweat.

Excretion of free unaltered drug is more difficult than metabolized drug

17
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What is the bioavailability of the drug?

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the amount of a drug available to the target organ or tissue

18
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What are the factors that contribute to bioavailability?

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The route that a drug is administered, the chemical form of the drug and a number of patient-specific factors such as GI and hepatic transporters and enzymes, combine to determine a drugs bioavailability

19
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What is the equation of bioavailability?

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Bioavailability (f) = (quantity of drug reaching the systemic circulation)/(quantity of drug administered)

20
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When is the bioavailability = 1?

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When the drug is not given oral, through yer butt or respiratory because it will bypass the liver for detox.

Since it doesn’t get metabolized in the liver, 100% of the administered drug will be in the systemic circulation.

21
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What occurs if you have a higher and/or rapidly administered dose?

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It results in a greater increase in local drug concentration, which in turn leads to more drug diffusion across the cell membranes or into the blood

22
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Why is it good to administer a drug in a highly perfused compartment?

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in a highly perfused compartment, drug molecules crossing into a compartment are rapidly removed, which in turn keeps the drug concentration low in that compartment

23
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Why must you conisder budy size when deciding what dose to give the patient?

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Patients with greater body mass have both an increased surface area and a larger tissue volume, which allows more area for diffusion to occur and thus increase absorption

24
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Why can the brain only receive lipid soluble or low molecular weight drugs?

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because though it’s a highly perfused organ, it is protected from drugs by the BBB

25
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What is special about the circulation to the testes?

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extra barrier called the blood-testes barrier that limits circulation of drugs to the testes

26
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Where is the first pass extraction located?

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The liver

27
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What is special about the kidneys when talking about drug metabolism?

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highly perfused organ receiving about 25% of total cardiac output. Site of metabolism and excretion of a large number of drugs which could accumulate in the body in case of renal diseases

28
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What is special about the adipose tissues and bone for drug distribution?

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poorly perfused tissues that have a slow accumulation of drugs. They are a reservoir for fat-soluble drugs like barbiturates and some opiates

29
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What is the most abundant plasma protein for drug binding?

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Albumin

30
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What are the effects of drug binding to plasma proteins on availability?

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Binding reduces the availability of a drug to diffuse into its target organ because only free or unbound drug is capable of diffusion across membranes

31
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What are the effects of 2 drugs if they compete for plasma binding proteins?

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If 2 drugs are administered they could be competitive for blood protein binding and could increase the bioavailability of either of them. This could cause toxic effects.

32
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What is the major organ of drug metabolism?

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Liver

33
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What type of reactions occurs in Phase I reactions?

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Oxidation/reduction reactions

34
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Which enzyme mediates most of the Phase I reactions?

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Cytochrome P450

35
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What might get added to a drug in a phase I reaction?

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an -OH group

or an -NH2 or a -SH (basically anything that makes it polar)

36
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Though chemically modifying a drug can make it inactive, what can a Phase 1 reaction do to a prodrug?

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Activate it

37
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What type of reactions occurs in Phase II reactions?

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Conjunction/hydrolysis reactions

this hydrolyzes or conjugates a drug to a large polar molecule in order to inactivate it, or enhance its solubility for excretion

38
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What are the most commonly added groups in Phase II reactions?

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glucuronate, acetate, glutathione and sulfate

(GAGS)

39
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What are phase III reactions?

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they are specialized transporters that recognize the conjugates and expel them out of the cell

40
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What changed in the kidney causes an increased renal excretion for the drug?

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Increasing blood flow, glomerular filtration rate and decreasing plasma protein binding all cause a drug to be excreted more rapidly

41
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What is biliary excretion?

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drugs are secreted from the liver into the bile by members of the ATP binding cassette (ABC) superfamily of transporters

42
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What is the clearance of a drug?

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Cl = (rate of elimination mg/min)/(concentration of drug mg/ml) = mL/min

It’s basically the volume of plasma that is cleared of the drug per unit time

43
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What is the 1/2 life (t1/2) equation for a drug?

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t1/2 = (0.693 x Vd)/Cl

44
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What is the volume of distribution equation?

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Vd = (dose mg)/(plasma conc. mg/mL) = mL

45
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What is the loading dose (generally)?

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A single large dose used to achieve therapeutic level (Steady state concentration) quickly rather than using repeated small doses.

46
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What is the loading dose equation?

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LD = Vd x Css
F

47
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What is the maintenance dose equation?

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MD = Cl x Css x interval

48
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What is the steady state (Css)?

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When clearance and the rate of administration of a drug are equal = steady state.

The amount of drug in the plasma will stay constant. As the drug is cleared it is equally administered and will distribute throughout the body.

49
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What is the equation for Css?

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Dosing rate = Clearance x (Css)

which can be rearranged to…..

Css (mg/ml) = infusion rate (mg/min)
Clearance (ml/min)

50
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What is the extraction ratio?

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Extraction = (Cin - Cout)/(Cin)

51
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What is pH trapping?

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pH trapping is when drug is trapped on one side of the membrane due to charge

52
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Which form of the acid is able to cross the lipid bilayer?

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The protonated form

53
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Which form of a base will be able to cross the plasma membrane?

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The weak base (s) form of B

BH+(aq) <–> B(s) + H+(aq)

54
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What is the Henderson Hasselbalch equation for pH and pKa?

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Predicts how much of a drug (weak acid or base) would exist in the protonated versus non protonated form at a given pH

55
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The Henderson Hasselbalch equation can be rearranged to which form to show protonated vs nonprotonated from?

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56
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What fraction of acetaminophen would be in its protonated form in the stomach following an oral dose?

Acetaminophen is a weak acid with a pKa = 9.5, and stomach pH is approx. 2.5

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log [HA] = 9.5 – 2.5 = 7
[A-]

log _[HA] _ = 7 = log _[10000000] _
[A-] [1]

So, [HA]/[A-] = [10000000]/[1]
[HA] = 10000000
[A-] = 1
Total = 10000001
% protonated = 10000000/10000001 ≈ 99.99%

57
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Generally, if the pKa is > the pH of the environment, which form (prontonated or non-protonated) will the drug be in?

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Protonated

58
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What is 0 order kinetics?

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Clearance rate remains constant despite increasing plasma drug levels.

This can cause dangerously elevated plasma concentrations of the drug that can cause toxic effects.

59
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What is 1st order kinetics?

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60
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Which order (0 or 1) can use the half life equation?

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1st order

61
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What is clearance (definition)?

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Clearance is the rate of elimination of a drug from the body relative to the concentration of the drug in plasma.

62
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What is the acid dissociation constant?

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Kd = [H]*[A]/[HA]

63
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What is the relationship between pKa and Ka?

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pKa = -log(Ka)