Pharmacokinetics Study Notes

A 30-year-old pregnant woman, currently at 22 weeks gestation and with no known health issues, is planning a trip to Mozambique to visit her grandmother. During a prenatal check-up, the doctor prescribed mefloquine, a drug with high protein binding, for prophylaxis. What effects can be anticipated after the ingestion of this drug?

What will be true regarding the termination of action of Paracetamol?

A 33-year-old man complains of shoulder pain for four days, worsened by movement and preventing arm lifting. Abduction exacerbates the pain. He's otherwise healthy and stable. Given the option of oral medication, which drug is most likely to be absorbed effectively from the stomach mucosa?

A 22-year-old male with sneezing, coughing, and shortness of breath for two weeks, worse in the morning and at night, presents to the physician. Bilateral wheezes are heard on auscultation, and various drug treatments with different administration routes are being considered. Which statement about the routes of administration in this patient is true?

A 23-year-old male with a sore throat, cough, headache, and runny nose is prescribed amoxicillin-clavulanic acid. What primarily determines the maintenance dose of the medication for this patient?

Which drug's poisoning causes an altered state of consciousness and hypotension, and needs to be treated via alkaline diuresis?

A 34-year-old man arrives at the ER after a car accident, confused but stable. He has swelling on his forehead and a CT scan shows intracranial bleeding. The doctor gives him thiopentone to reduce pressure in his brain. Why does this drug work so quickly but only lasts for about 15 minutes?

A 52-year-old with severe right-sided flank pain was treated with tramadol, a weakly basic drug, which relieved his pain. An ultrasound revealed multiple calculi in his right kidney. What's true about the drug in this case?

A 43-year-old man complained of headaches and neck pain for two months, with no other health issues reported. His blood pressure is 160/100 mm Hg. After a physical exam showing no abnormalities, the doctor prescribes a prodrug that acts for 24 hours. What drug was prescribed?

A 16-year-old girl with breathing issues was given IV corticosteroids. Looking at the plasma concentration-time graph of the drug, what's true about its kinetics?

A 42-year-old man has foot tingling, a pale skin spot on his knee, fever, tiredness, and discomfort. The spot is less sensitive to touch and pinpricks. A biopsy confirms the condition. The doctor plans to prescribe a drug that may change dosage needs by inducing microsomal enzymes. What's the drug linked to the patient's condition?

Aspirin follows zero order kinetics, at higher doses. This indicates which of the following properties?

Warfarin is an anti-coagulant medication with a low distribution volume, indicating which of the following?

Which route would the doctor prefer to give the medication such that he can ensure 100% bioavailability?

The drug nitroglycerine, if given via which of the following routes, will have a high first-pass metabolism?

Which of the following statements about the given plasma concentration curve is correct?

Which of the following factors is affected by the bioavailability of the drug?

A 48-year-old male reports palpitations and headaches for three months, without any other health issues. His vital signs show a heart rate of 111 beats/min and blood pressure of 165/100 mmHg. Atenolol is prescribed to manage symptoms without needing therapeutic dose monitoring. What's true about therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM)?

Which of the following drugs is given by the route shown in the figure?

A 53-year-old man complains of cough, weakness, and fever for four days. Pneumonia is diagnosed, and gentamicin is part of the treatment plan. Gentamicin has a half-life of 2-3 hours but can accumulate in the kidney with prolonged dosing, leading to a prolonged half-life of 53 hours. What type of half-life is this?

A 45-year-old male patient presents to the emergency department with ST-elevation myocardial Infarction. The attending physician immediately started treatment with aspirin, propranolol, clopidogrel, and atorvastatin. Which of these are metabolized by CYP2D6?

Metabolism of drugs occurs in the liver in 2 phases. The first phase involves catabolic reactions, and the second phase involves synthetic reactions that increase drug elimination. Which of the following reactions is a phase 1 reaction?

A 15-year-old girl arrived at the ER after ingesting 15 tablets of an unknown drug, causing altered mental status, rapid breathing, and vomiting. To treat drug toxicity, various methods can remove the drug from the body, such as dialysis. Which drug, when toxic, is eliminated through urine acidification?

A 45-year-old man with asthma was admitted to the hospital for breathing problems and coughing. He was given two drugs, A and B, intravenously every 24 hours for 6 days. What does the graph showing the concentration of these drugs in the blood over time reveal?

A 50-year-old male underwent orthopedic surgery a few days ago. He has been given a transdermal patch of fentanyl for postoperative pain relief. Which of the following is the advantage of transdermal application?

Which of the following drugs has the highest volume of distribution?

A 40-year-old man comes to the outpatient department with a fever, cough, and difficulty breathing for three days. During the exam, coarse crepitation is heard in his left lower chest. He's prescribed azithromycin 500mg once daily. Which parameter from a plasma concentration vs time graph best indicates the drug's absorption rate?

A 56-year-old patient with heart failure currently on digoxin therapy presents to the emergency department with blurred vision and yellow-green distortion. The plasma digoxin level is 4 ng/ml(normal 0.8- 2.0). Renal function is normal; this patient's plasma t1/2 for digoxin is 1.6 days. How long should digoxin be withheld to reach a safer yet probably therapeutic level of 1 ng/ml?

If 4g of antibiotic is administered and its peak plasma concentration is found to be 50 µg/ml, what will be the volume of distribution of the drug?

A 51-year-old woman with hypertension & Type 2 DM has wrist pain, morning stiffness, and joint abnormalities. She has high RF titers and positive anticitrullinated protein antibodies. She's prescribed a renal tubule-secreted drug. Assuming renal clearance, what is the likely clearance of the drug?

Which of the following statements best describes the pKa of a drug?

A 38-year-old male patient arrives at the emergency department after consuming morphine for 6 hours. His respiratory rate is 12 breaths per minute, and he has bilateral pinpoint pupils. The plasma half-life of morphine is 3 hours, with a volume of distribution (Vd) of 200 L. The current plasma concentration of morphine is 0.5 mg/L. What is the initial dose of morphine consumed by the person?

Certain drugs, such as chloroquine, require a high-loading dose followed by regular maintenance doses. Which of the following factors does this loading dose depend on?

Therapeutic monitoring of the plasma level of the drug is done when the drug's response cannot be measured. Which of the following drugs would not require therapeutic dose monitoring?

Avoid which laxative in a 7-year-old child with constipation and a history of rheumatic fever on erythromycin prophylaxis due to the risk of arrhythmia?

A 5 ml ampoule containing 5 mg/ml NTG. One ampoule is added to normal saline to make a total of 500 ml solution. Calculate the infusion rate if NTG is required at ten mcg/min. (Consider 1 micro drip = 60 drops/mL)

Which of the following statements best describes drug distribution?

A 57-year-old man is in the CCU post-treatment for ST-elevation myocardial infarction. Which of the following antiplatelet drugs might cause unexpected results based on the CYP2C19 genotype of the patient?