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MLT Toxicology

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What is the purpose for drug monitoring?   ID non-compliance; Ascertain effectiveness of dosage; verify therapeutic range; Maximize therapeutic benefit and minimize adverse toxic reaction  
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The body sees drugs, etc as______.   foreign material/toxins  
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List the four general processes of metabolism.   Absorption; Distribution; Metabolism; Excretion  
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What are the 3 routes toxins/drugs are absorbed?   orally; rectally; parenterally (IV, IM)  
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What is a metabolite?   By product of metabolism or digestion  
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Which stage in the process of metabolism must the drug traverse the membrane when it reaches the tissue site?   Distribution  
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How does the body interpret drugs?   Foreign material  
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How are soluble and insoluble drugs excreted from the body?   Soluble drugs are excreted through the kidneys, and insoluble drugs must first be converted to soluble by the liver before it can be excreted by the kidneys.  
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Why do neonates have little capacity to eliminate drugs?   immature liver and kidneys  
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For children the dose is____the adult dose.   2x; due to very active drug disposition (metabolism)  
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In the elderly drug disposition is________.   Decreased  
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Elderly have decreased drug disposition due to:   dec albumin 9carrier protein); dec metabolic rate; effects of disease  
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How does pregnancy affect drug disposition?   Hormonal chnages; Increased fluid volume  
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How does disease affect drug disposition?   hepatic function; cardiac capacity; renal function  
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What is the admin data needed for drug testing?   PT name, SSN, DOB, sex; date and time of colection; date/time of last dose; amt of last dose; name of drug; PT diagnosis;  
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Which is most important of the admin data?   Time  
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What are the sample requirements in drug testing?   Non hemolyzed serum/ plasma  
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What guidelines should you consider on collection?   trough, peak  
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prior to dose, drug concentration lowest level   trough  
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60 min after dose highest level of concentration   peak  
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How do you store drugs?   Centrifuge samples; seperate serum/plasma from cells ASAP; most drugs/metabolites stable several days @ RT  
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Detects wide variety of drugs?   TLC  
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Better ID of drugs than TLC?   GC  
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Further specificity & extreme sensativity.   MS  
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Measure drugs simultaneously (slow)   HPLC  
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Which methodology uses carrier gas to seperate compounds?   Gas Chromatography  
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Which methodology id the method of choice?   EIA--uses enzyme  
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Effcective smooth muscle relaxant   theophylline  
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Helps to treat asthma & copd   theophylline  
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Stimulates CNS, inc resp rate   principle of theophylline  
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10-20 ug   Therapeutic range (theophylline)  
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70% absorbed orally   Digoxin  
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Improves cardiac contractions in CHF   Digoxin  
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Reported in ng/ml   Digoxin  
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Timing for Digoxin   Collect 8 hrs after dose  
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Corrects ventricular arrythmias associated with MI, cardiac surgery, and digitalis intoxication   Lidocaine  
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Not given orally   lidocaine  
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Toxic > 6.0 ug/ml   Lidocaine  
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Treatment and therapy for febrile seizures and neonatal seizures   phenobarbital  
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Primary drug in tx of absence (Petit-mal) and myoclonic seizures   Valporic Acid  
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Name 2 anti-eppileptics   phenobarbital;valproic acid  
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Multirpose antibiotic   Chloramphenicol  
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Used to treat certain Rickettsial Infxns   Chloramphenicol  
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Given to penicillin allergic PTs w/ bacterial meningitis   Chloramphenicol  
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Prevents cell wall synthesis   Vancomycin  
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Used aganinst S. Epi and S. Aureus   Vancomycin  
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Anibiotic against GPC/GPR   Vancomycin  
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Measure amt of NADH   Ethanol  
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Reactive Enzyme Assay Methodology   Ethanol  
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Salicylate is also known as...   Aspirin  
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