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What is the result of a receptor spending 80% of its time in the inactive state and 20% of its time in the active state?
What is the result of a receptor spending 80% of its time in the inactive state and 20% of its time in the active state?
What is the primary difference between competitive and non-competitive antagonism?
What is the primary difference between competitive and non-competitive antagonism?
What is the effect of an inverse agonist on the receptor?
What is the effect of an inverse agonist on the receptor?
What is the primary function of an agonist in relation to a receptor?
What is the primary function of an agonist in relation to a receptor?
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What is the primary mechanism of non-competitive antagonism?
What is the primary mechanism of non-competitive antagonism?
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What is the term for a partial agonist that also has antagonist activity?
What is the term for a partial agonist that also has antagonist activity?
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What is the term for the process by which the body reduces the effect of a drug over time, requiring larger doses to achieve the same effect?
What is the term for the process by which the body reduces the effect of a drug over time, requiring larger doses to achieve the same effect?
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Where is the primary location of hepatic microsomal enzyme activity responsible for drug clearance?
Where is the primary location of hepatic microsomal enzyme activity responsible for drug clearance?
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What is the term for the movement of drugs in the body, including absorption, metabolism, distribution, and elimination?
What is the term for the movement of drugs in the body, including absorption, metabolism, distribution, and elimination?
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What is the primary function of phase II reactions in drug metabolism?
What is the primary function of phase II reactions in drug metabolism?
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What do acidic drugs tend to bind to?
What do acidic drugs tend to bind to?
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What is the term for the fraction of inflowing drug extracted by the liver?
What is the term for the fraction of inflowing drug extracted by the liver?
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What is the term for the decrease in receptor sensitivity to a ligand or a decrease in receptor density as a result of repeated or continuous stimulation?
What is the term for the decrease in receptor sensitivity to a ligand or a decrease in receptor density as a result of repeated or continuous stimulation?
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What is the term for the rate of metabolism of a drug, which is proportional to the drug concentration?
What is the term for the rate of metabolism of a drug, which is proportional to the drug concentration?
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What is the primary mechanism by which the renal system clears drugs from the bloodstream?
What is the primary mechanism by which the renal system clears drugs from the bloodstream?
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What is the term for the amount of drug that is required to produce a desired effect?
What is the term for the amount of drug that is required to produce a desired effect?
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What is the term for the ability of a drug to produce a desired effect?
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What is the term for the time necessary for the plasma drug concentration to decrease by 50% during the elimination phase?
What is the term for the time necessary for the plasma drug concentration to decrease by 50% during the elimination phase?
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What is the term for the process by which the liver eliminates a fixed amount of drug per unit time?
What is the term for the process by which the liver eliminates a fixed amount of drug per unit time?
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What is the term for the initial volume of distribution of a drug?
What is the term for the initial volume of distribution of a drug?
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What is the term for the process by which the liver eliminates 50% of drug per unit time?
What is the term for the process by which the liver eliminates 50% of drug per unit time?
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What is the term for the amount of drug that remains in the body after a single dose?
What is the term for the amount of drug that remains in the body after a single dose?
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What is the primary difference between an agonist and an antagonist?
What is the primary difference between an agonist and an antagonist?
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What is the primary mechanism by which covalent bonding affects receptor activity?
What is the primary mechanism by which covalent bonding affects receptor activity?
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What is the primary implication of a drug having high lipid solubility?
What is the primary implication of a drug having high lipid solubility?
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Which type of drugs tend to bind to alpha1 acid glycoprotein?
Which type of drugs tend to bind to alpha1 acid glycoprotein?
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What is the primary consequence of protein binding on drug availability?
What is the primary consequence of protein binding on drug availability?
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What is the primary characteristic of a partial agonist?
What is the primary characteristic of a partial agonist?
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What is the primary consequence of increasing the concentration of a competitive antagonist?
What is the primary consequence of increasing the concentration of a competitive antagonist?
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What is the primary outcome of metabolism on lipid soluble drugs?
What is the primary outcome of metabolism on lipid soluble drugs?
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Which of the following is a characteristic of highly protein bound drugs?
Which of the following is a characteristic of highly protein bound drugs?
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What is the primary function of Phase I Reactions in drug metabolism?
What is the primary function of Phase I Reactions in drug metabolism?
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What is the purpose of conjugation in Phase II Reactions?
What is the purpose of conjugation in Phase II Reactions?
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What is the formula used to quantify the process of drug metabolism?
What is the formula used to quantify the process of drug metabolism?
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What is the definition of Clearance in the context of drug metabolism?
What is the definition of Clearance in the context of drug metabolism?
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What is the location of hepatic microsomal enzyme activity responsible for drug clearance?
What is the location of hepatic microsomal enzyme activity responsible for drug clearance?
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What is the rate of metabolism for most anesthetic drugs proportional to?
What is the rate of metabolism for most anesthetic drugs proportional to?
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What is the primary fate of highly fat-soluble drugs in the initial distribution phase?
What is the primary fate of highly fat-soluble drugs in the initial distribution phase?
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What is the primary term for the phenomenon where the body reduces the effect of a drug over time?
What is the primary term for the phenomenon where the body reduces the effect of a drug over time?
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What is the primary mechanism by which IV injection delivers drugs to the vessel-rich group?
What is the primary mechanism by which IV injection delivers drugs to the vessel-rich group?
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What is the primary term for the effect of a drug that is opposite to that of an agonist?
What is the primary term for the effect of a drug that is opposite to that of an agonist?
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What is the primary term for the phenomenon where the effect of a drug is greatly increased when combined with another drug?
What is the primary term for the phenomenon where the effect of a drug is greatly increased when combined with another drug?
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What is the primary factor that determines the distribution of a drug to tissues?
What is the primary factor that determines the distribution of a drug to tissues?
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What is the term for the concentration of a drug in the plasma at which the drug's effect is observed?
What is the term for the concentration of a drug in the plasma at which the drug's effect is observed?
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Which of the following drugs is characterized by a shorter effect-site equilibration?
Which of the following drugs is characterized by a shorter effect-site equilibration?
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What is the primary determinant of potency for drugs with very different time courses?
What is the primary determinant of potency for drugs with very different time courses?
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What is the term for the movement of a drug from the central compartment to other compartments?
What is the term for the movement of a drug from the central compartment to other compartments?
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What is the primary determinant of tissue storage capacity?
What is the primary determinant of tissue storage capacity?
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What is pharmacodynamics?
What is pharmacodynamics?
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What are some factors that influence pharmacokinetic variability in individuals?
What are some factors that influence pharmacokinetic variability in individuals?
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What are some factors that influence pharmacodynamic variability in individuals?
What are some factors that influence pharmacodynamic variability in individuals?
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What type of effect do anesthetic drugs tend to have?
What type of effect do anesthetic drugs tend to have?
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What is a racemic mixture?
What is a racemic mixture?
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Enantiomers often have different pharmacokinetic and
pharmacodynamic properties.
Enantiomers often have different pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic properties.
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Administering drugs in high doses may mask
interpatient variability
Administering drugs in high doses may mask interpatient variability
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Drugs excreted unchanged by the kidneys tend to
have greater pharmacokinetic differences than
metabolized drugs.
Drugs excreted unchanged by the kidneys tend to have greater pharmacokinetic differences than metabolized drugs.
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In drugs with a high extraction ratio, a change in hepatic blood flow produces a proportional change in clearance
In drugs with a high extraction ratio, a change in hepatic blood flow produces a proportional change in clearance
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Administration of inhalation agents alter hepatic,
circulatory and renal function and may alter drug
pharmacokinetics.
Administration of inhalation agents alter hepatic, circulatory and renal function and may alter drug pharmacokinetics.
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What is the therapeutic index of a drug?
What is the therapeutic index of a drug?
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What is the LD50?
What is the LD50?
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What is the ED50?
What is the ED50?
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What factors influence potency of a drug?
What factors influence potency of a drug?
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Fentanyl is more efficacious than Tylenol because it produces better analgesia
Fentanyl is more efficacious than Tylenol because it produces better analgesia
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Sufentanyl is more potent than fentanyl because 1/5 of a dose of sufentanyl produces the same effect as 1 fentanyl
Sufentanyl is more potent than fentanyl because 1/5 of a dose of sufentanyl produces the same effect as 1 fentanyl
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What is the elimination half-time directly proportional to?
What is the elimination half-time directly proportional to?
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What is the elimination half-time inversely proportional to?
What is the elimination half-time inversely proportional to?
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What is the elimination half-life?
What is the elimination half-life?
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What is the context sensitive half-time?
What is the context sensitive half-time?
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What is the primary function of the CSHT?
What is the primary function of the CSHT?
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What is the primary benefit of using the CSHT in drug administration?
What is the primary benefit of using the CSHT in drug administration?
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What is the relationship between the duration of drug administration and the expected increase in elimination time according to the CSHT?
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What is an advantage of using Propofol perioperatively?
What is an advantage of using Propofol perioperatively?
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Drugs that have the most rapid onset have the greatest effect site equilibration
Drugs that have the most rapid onset have the greatest effect site equilibration
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The plasma is almost never the effect site
The plasma is almost never the effect site
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What is the effect site equilibration?
What is the effect site equilibration?
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What intervals should be adjusted to reflect effect-site equilibration?
What intervals should be adjusted to reflect effect-site equilibration?
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In what drugs would effect-site equilibration be short?
In what drugs would effect-site equilibration be short?
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In what drugs would effect-site equilibration be longer?
In what drugs would effect-site equilibration be longer?
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What is PKA?
What is PKA?
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Where does the drug have to return first in order to be eliminated?
Where does the drug have to return first in order to be eliminated?
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What enzyme aids in the metabolism of lipid soluble molecules?
What enzyme aids in the metabolism of lipid soluble molecules?
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What are the phase I reactions?
What are the phase I reactions?
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What is the purpose of phase I reactions?
What is the purpose of phase I reactions?
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Oxidation and reduction involve CP450
Oxidation and reduction involve CP450
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In phase II reactions, what is the role of conjugation?
In phase II reactions, what is the role of conjugation?
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When drugs are first administered, they are rapidly absorbed by the vessel rich group
When drugs are first administered, they are rapidly absorbed by the vessel rich group
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Drugs tied to proteins and large molecules do not get filtered through the kidneys
Drugs tied to proteins and large molecules do not get filtered through the kidneys
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Bound fractions are available for hepatic extraction and glomerular filtration
Bound fractions are available for hepatic extraction and glomerular filtration
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What is a free fraction in pharmacology?
What is a free fraction in pharmacology?
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Ionized drugs are inactive and excreted by the kidneys
Ionized drugs are inactive and excreted by the kidneys
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Non-ionized drugs undergo renal metabolism and are water-soluble
Non-ionized drugs undergo renal metabolism and are water-soluble
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What is the primary determinant of tissue uptake?
What is the primary determinant of tissue uptake?
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Blood flow, concentration gradient, the blood brain barrier, and physicochemical properties of drugs (ionization, lipid solubility, protein binding) are important determinants of tissue uptake
Blood flow, concentration gradient, the blood brain barrier, and physicochemical properties of drugs (ionization, lipid solubility, protein binding) are important determinants of tissue uptake
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In the three compartment model, rapid equilibration first occurs between which two tissues?
In the three compartment model, rapid equilibration first occurs between which two tissues?
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Is it true that potent drugs produce a greater response at lower doses?
Is it true that potent drugs produce a greater response at lower doses?
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What is a characteristic of drug efficacy?
What is a characteristic of drug efficacy?
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What is the biophase in pharmacology?
What is the biophase in pharmacology?
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What type of transport is tubular reabsorption in the renal system?
What type of transport is tubular reabsorption in the renal system?
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What type of transport is tubular secretion in the renal system?
What type of transport is tubular secretion in the renal system?
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What factors determine the amount of drug entering the renal lumen?
What factors determine the amount of drug entering the renal lumen?
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Tubular reabsorption is most prominent in what type of drug?
Tubular reabsorption is most prominent in what type of drug?
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What is the relationship between blood flow and clearance in drugs with a high extraction ratio?
What is the relationship between blood flow and clearance in drugs with a high extraction ratio?
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For drugs with a low extraction ratio, clearance is nearly independent of which physiological factor?
For drugs with a low extraction ratio, clearance is nearly independent of which physiological factor?
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What is true about a drug with an extremely low intrinsic clearance?
What is true about a drug with an extremely low intrinsic clearance?
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If the intrinsic clearance for a drug is very high, what limits its metabolism by the liver?
If the intrinsic clearance for a drug is very high, what limits its metabolism by the liver?
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What is allosteric inhibition?
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What is drug sensitivity?
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What is drug reactivity?
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What is the main difference between tachyphylaxis and anaphylaxis?
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What is the additive effect in pharmacology?
What is the additive effect in pharmacology?
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What does protein binding tend to parallel?
What does protein binding tend to parallel?
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Doubling the initial IV dose of a drug will
Doubling the initial IV dose of a drug will
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What is the effect of doubling the initial IV dose of a drug on the duration of action?
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Study Notes
Receptors
- Receptors can be found on the membrane or cytoplasm of a cell
- Receptors can increase (upregulate) or decrease (downregulate) in response to stimuli
- Receptors have multiple states and can switch spontaneously between them
- Agonists bind to and activate receptors, increasing the amount of time they are active
- Partial agonists activate receptors less completely than full agonists, and may also have antagonist activity
- Inverse agonists turn off the constitutive activity of receptors
- Antagonists bind to receptors without activating them, and can be competitive or non-competitive
Receptor States
- Receptors can fluctuate between active and inactive states
- Ligands can alter the relative time spent in each state
Competitive Antagonism
- Increasing the concentration of an antagonist progressively inhibits the response to an agonist
- Occurs when a protein binds to a receptor and prevents it from being activated
- If enough agonist is present, it may overcome the antagonist
- Works by binding to the receptor (reversibly) and preventing a normal ligand from binding
Non-Competitive Antagonism
- No amount of agonist can overcome the antagonist
- Works by binding to the receptor (permanently) and preventing a normal ligand from binding
- Involves covalent bonding
- Allosteric inhibition is an example of non-competitive antagonism
Tolerance and Sensitivity
- Tolerance: any process that diminishes a drug's effect
- Tachyphylaxis: decreased response to the same dose, often rapid and short-lived
- Cellular tolerance: results from decreased receptor sensitivity or density
- Hyperreactive: strong response to stimuli
- Hyporeactive: weak response to stimuli
- Hypersensitive: increased response to stimuli
Pharmacokinetics
- Absorption: the process of a drug entering the body
- Metabolism: the conversion of a drug into a more water-soluble form
- Distribution: the movement of a drug throughout the body
- Elimination: the removal of a drug from the body
- Clearance: the rate of metabolism of a drug
- Volume of distribution: the amount of drug in the body divided by the plasma concentration
Pharmacodynamics
- What the drug does to the body
- Dynamics: the study of the effects of a drug on the body
- Potency: the amount of drug required to produce a desired effect
- Efficacy: the ability of a drug to produce a desired effect
Elimination Half-Life
- The time necessary for the plasma drug concentration to decrease by 50% during the elimination phase
- Directly proportional to the volume of distribution
- Inversely proportional to clearance
First Order and Zero Order Kinetics
- First order kinetics: the rate of elimination is proportional to the plasma concentration
- Zero order kinetics: the rate of elimination is constant and independent of the plasma concentration
Receptor Theory
- Traditional thinking characterized receptor states as binary: effect is produced by ligand binding, and effect is absent when not bound by the ligand
- An agonist binds to and activates a receptor, while an antagonist binds to the receptor without activating it
- Receptors probably fluctuate between active and inactive conformations, spending various proportions of time between the two states
- Ligands may alter the relative time spent in each state
- Competitive antagonism: increasing concentration of the antagonist progressively inhibits the response to the agonist
- Noncompetitive antagonism: antagonist administration prevents receptor activation even when exposed to high concentrations of the agonist
- Partial agonists/agonist-antagonists: activate the receptor less completely than full agonists, can reduce agonist effects
- Inverse agonists “turn off” the constituent activity of the receptor
Receptor Basics
- Receptors may increase (up-regulate) or decrease (down-regulate) in response to specific stimuli
- May exist on the surface of a cell (membrane-bound) or within cytoplasm of a cell
- May respond to ligand or alterations in polarity of adjacent cell membranes
- May either allow something into or out of a cell
- Cause a process to start, accelerate, decelerate, or stop a cellular activity (usually protein or enzyme-mediated)
Pharmacokinetics of Injected Drugs
- Determines the concentration in the plasma or effect site: Absorption, Distribution, Metabolism, and Elimination
- Important terms to learn:
- Hyperreactive
- Hyporeactive
- Hypersensitive
- Tolerance
- Tachyphylaxis
- Agonist
- Antagonist
- Additive effect
- Synergistic effect
Distribution
- Initial distribution (within 1 minute) mixing within the central compartment
- IV injection delivers drugs to the vessel-rich group
- Highly fat-soluble drugs may be vigorously taken up by the lung
- Non-polar molecules (lipid-soluble) will be preferentially taken up by fat
- Drug concentrations in the various compartments will be reflected in the calculated volume of distribution (Vd)
- Pharmacologic effects may or may not reflect the current or steady-state concentration in the various compartments
Protein Binding
- Acidic drugs tend to bind to albumin
- Basic drugs tend to bind to alpha1 acid glycoprotein
- Protein binding parallels lipid solubility (hydrophobic drugs are more likely to bind to plasma proteins or fat)
- Only free fractions can cross cell membranes
- Bound fractions are not available for hepatic extraction nor glomerular filtration
Metabolism of Drugs
- Generally, metabolism converts active lipid-soluble drugs to water-soluble pharmacodynamically inactive drugs
- Phase I reactions are mediated by CP450, and non-CP450 enzymes and mono-oxygenase enzymes
- Phase II Reactions: Conjugation ties the agent to a polar compound, increasing its water solubility ability to be excreted
Hepatic Clearance
- The rate of metabolism for most anesthetic drugs is proportional to drug concentration
- Hepatic microsomal enzyme activity is located in the hepatic smooth ER
Clearance
- The rate of clearance is proportional to drug concentration
- Clearance is the volume of plasma cleared of a drug per unit of time
- If the liver could completely extract the drug from afferent flow, clearance would equal liver blood flow
Zero-Order Kinetics
- The rate of metabolism is independent of concentration
Three-Compartment Model
- Initially, drug flows from the central compartment to the two other compartments
- After rapid equilibration, the concentration in the central compartment falls below that of the rapid equilibration compartment, and the flow of drug is reversed
- When the concentration in the central compartment falls below the concentration of the other two compartments, decreases in plasma concentration are dependent on elimination
Distribution and Tissue Uptake
- Determinants of tissue uptake:
- Blood flow
- Concentration gradient
- Solubility
- Tissue mass
- Binding to macromolecules
- pH
Effect-Site Equilibration
- The plasma is almost never the effect site (biophase)
- Effect-site equilibration may be short (e.g., remifentanil, alfentanil, thiopental, propofol) or long (e.g., fentanyl, sufentanil, midazolam)
- Dosing intervals should be adjusted to reflect effect-site equilibration
Context-Sensitive Half-Time
- The time required for the concentration to decrease by 50%
Potency and Efficacy
- Determinants of potency:
- Absorption
- Distribution
- Metabolism
- Excretion
- Receptor affinity
- Efficacy is a measure of the intrinsic ability to produce a given physiologic or clinical effect
Dose Response Curve
- The ED50 is the dose required to produce the desired effect in 50% of patients.
Pharmacokinetics
- Clearance: the amount of blood completely cleared of drug per unit time
- CSHT: provides clinically useful guidance on the expected increase in the time required to eliminate the drug as a function of the duration of drug administration
- Infusion rate: to maintain a given steady-state arterial drug concentration, we must infuse drug at the same rate that it is being metabolized (Infusion rate = metabolic rate = Clearance × Cinflow)
- Renal clearance: involves glomerular filtration, active tubular secretion, and passive tubular reabsorption
- Volume of Distribution (Vd): the dose of drug administered / plasma concentration prior to elimination beginning; larger Vd means slower elimination of drug
Pharmacodynamics
- Receptors: may be found on the membrane or cytoplasm of a cell; may increase (upregulate) or decrease (downregulate) in response to stimuli
- Agonist: binds to and activates a receptor, increasing the amount of time it is active
- Partial agonist: activates a receptor less completely than a full agonist, may also have antagonist activity
- Inverse agonist: binds to a receptor and turns off its constituent activity
- Antagonist: binds to a receptor without activating it, blocking the effect of an agonist
Pharmacokinetic Models
- Simple pharmacokinetic model: 1-1/2 time, lose half of the drug; 2-1/2 time, lose half of the remaining half
- Elimination half-time: the time necessary for the plasma drug concentration to decrease by 50% during the elimination phase
- Three-compartment model: initially, the drug flows from the central compartment to the two other compartments; after rapid equilibration, the concentration in the central compartment falls below that of the rapid equilibration compartment, and the flow of drug is reversed
Pharmacological Effects
- Potency: the amount of drug required to produce a desired effect
- Efficacy: the ability of a drug to produce a desired effect
- Additive effect: the combined effect of two or more drugs
- Synergistic effect: the combined effect of two or more drugs that is greater than the sum of their individual effects
- Tolerance: any process that diminishes a drug's effect
- Tachyphylaxis: a rapid decrease in response to repeated doses over a short period of time
Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics
- Kinetics: the movement of drugs in the body; what the body does to the drug
- Dynamics: what the drug does to the body; the effects of the drug on the body
- Distribution: the movement of drug from the site of administration to the site of action
- Metabolism: the conversion of active lipid-soluble drugs to water-soluble pharmacodynamically inactive drugs
- Clearance: the rate of metabolism for most anesthetic drugs is proportional to drug concentration
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