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Pharmacology, what you need to know for each drug class

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An____ is a compound that binds to a receptor and produces the biological response.   AGONIST  
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Specialized target macromolecule that binds a drug and medicates its pharmacological action.   Drug receptor  
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Enzymes, nucleic acids, or specialized membrane-bound proteins   Receptors  
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More closely related to plasma concentration than dose-response curves.   Concentration-response curves  
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Full agonist   The effect reaches 100% of the maximum possible.  
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Partial agonist   Produces the biological response but cannot product 100% of the biological response even at very high doses.  
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__________ is the maximal response a drug can produce.   Efficacy  
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____________ is a measure of the dose that is required to produce a response.   Potency  
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For example, drug A produces complete eradication of PVCs at a dose of 10 mg. Drug B produces complete eradication of PVCs at a dose of 20 mg. Both drugs have the same _______, but Drug A is _________ than Drug B.   Same efficacy (complete eradication of PVCs), A is more potent than B. It takes less of Drug A to produce the same effect.  
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Drug C reduces PVCs by 60% and takes a dose of 50 mg to achieve the effect. Therefore, drug C has less _______ and less ______ in the reduction of PVCs compared to Drugs A and B.   efficacy and potency  
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ED50 (effective dose)   Potency is often expressed as the dose of a drug required to achieve 50% of the desired therapeutic effect.  
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___________ is a measure of drug safety. A drug with a higher ___________ is safer than one with a lower _____________.   Therapeutic index, therapeutic index, therapeutic index (7)  
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____________ is the ultimate toxicity.   Death (7  
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The ___________ ___________ is the range of plasma concentrations of a drug that will elicit the desired response in a population of patients.   therapeutic window (7)  
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____________ block or reverse the effect of agonists. They have no effect of their own.   Antagonists  
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Binding of an ________ to a ________ does not produce a biological effect.   antagonist, receptor (7)  
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The _________ can block the effect of an _________ or it can reverse the effect of an _________.   antagonist, agonist, agonist (7)  
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An example of an antagonist is ___________, an _________ antagonist.   naloxone, opiod (7)  
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No effect of its own.   Naloxone (7)  
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Mechanism of action of B-blockers.   antagonist which blocks or reverses the effect of endogenously produced compounds, such as epinephrine or norepinephrine. (8)  
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The __________ are competitive, they compete for the same site on the receptor as the agonist. If the _______ wins, a reponse is produced. If the ________ wins, no reponse is produced.   antagonists, agonist, antagonist (8)  
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Increase the _________ of ______, increase odds that ________ will win the receptor spot and produce the effect.   concentration, agonist, agonist molecule (8)  
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Reduces the maximal response that an agonist can produce.   Noncompetitive antagonist (8)  
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________ _______ have opposite effects from those full agonists. They are not the same as antagonists, which block the effect of both agonists and inverse agonists.   Inverse agonists (9)  
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______ increase the relative amount of time the channel is in open state compared to basal rate and _____ ____ decrease.   Agonists, inverse agonists (9)  
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Leads to sedation.   GABAa receptor channel complex, agonists increase the amount of chloride that moves into neuron and will hyperpolarize it. (9)  
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Leads to increase in excitability and can cause seizures.   An inverse agonist will decrease the amount of chloride that moves into the neuron, which will result in a depolarization compared to the resting state. (9)  
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Inverse agonists bind to receptor and tip equilibrium toward the _________ state, agonists toward the ________ state   inactive, active (9)  
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Bind to the receptor and have no effect on the basal state.   Antagonists (9)  
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Liver is a metabolic machine, can inactivate drugs on their way to GI tract to body. This is called ____________ ____________ ________.   first-pass effect (11)  
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Great chemical plant in the body.   Liver (11)  
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Almost all require that the drug cross a _______ ________ to reach its site of action.   biological membrane (11)  
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Drugs cross membranes by _______ _______ or _____ _______.   passive diffusion, active transport (11)  
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Passive diffusion requires a _________ _______ across the membrane. Vast majority of drugs gain access to their site of action by this methods.   concentration gradient (11)  
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_____________ _________ can penetrate the cell membrane through aqueous channels.   Water-soluble drugs (11)  
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Just move through the membrane.   More commonly lipid-soluble drugs (11)  
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A drug tends to pass through membranes if it is _________.   Uncharged (11)  
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Uncharged drugs are more ______ ________ than charged drugs. Many drugs are _______ or ______.   lipid soluble, weak acids, weak bases (11)  
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For a weak acid, when pH is less than pK, the _______ form (nonionized) ________. When pH greater than pK, the ______________ (ionized) form predominates.   protonated, predominates,unprotonated (12)  
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Happy to give up a hydrogen ion and become charged.   Weak acids are hydrogen ion donors. (13)  
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When you put HCL into water it immediately turns into ______ and _______.   H+ and CL-, use this example to remember weak acids donate a hydrogen ion and become charged. (12)  
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If we _____________ the pH by adding more ____, we will move the equilibrium for the weak acid more to the left, which is the ________ (__________) form.   decrease, H+, nonionized, uncharged (12)  
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If we __________ H+, making pH _______, we drive the equilibrium toward the _______. This increases the concentration of the _______ form of the ______ ______.   take away (or decrease), higher, right,ionized, weak acid (12)  
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When the pH is _______ than the pK for the ______, the charged form of the acid predominates.   higher, acid (12)  
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For a weak base, pH less than pK _________ _____ ______ ________.   ionized form (protonated) predominates (12)  
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When pH is greater than pK, the _______ _____ form _______.   unprotonated (nonionized), predominates (2)  
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Weak bases are ________ of weak acids. Weak base is a hydrogen ion acceptor. If a loose hydrogen ion seeks to join it, the base may accept it. If it accepts the hydrogen ion, then it becomes _______.   opposite, charged (12)  
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In the stomach (pH 2.0) ____ ______ are uncharged and will be absorbed into the blood-stream, whereases _____ _______ are charged and will remain in the GI tract.   weak acids, weak bases (13)  
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In the intestine (pH 8.0), which will be better absorbed, a weak acid (pK 6.8) or a weak base (pK 7.1)?   a weak base (13)  
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If we alkalinize the urine to a pH of 7.8, will a lower or higher percentage of a weak acid (pK 7.1) be ionized, compared with when the urine pH was 7.2)?   Higher, because more weak acid will be ionized the more the pH exceeds the pK. (13)  
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The amount of drug that is absorbed after administration by route X compared with the amount of drug that is absorbed after IV administration. X is any route of drug administration other than IV.   Bioavailability (13)  
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Indicates rate which drug is cleared from the body.   Clearance (14)  
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Clearance is defined as the volume of plasma from which all drug is removed in a given time. Thus, the units for clearance are given in _____ per ____ ____.   volume, unit time (14)  
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Total body clearance   Sum of clearances from various organs involved in drug metabolism and elimination. (15)  
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Is the mathematical description of the rate and extent of uptake, distribution, and elimination of drugs in the body.   Pharmacokinetics (16)  
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Vd   Volume of distribution is a calculation of the apparent volume in which a drug is dissolved. (16)  
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Vd = _____________   Volume of distribution = Dose(mg)/plasma concentration (mg/ml) (16).  
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Drug is lipid soluble and stored in _____.   fat (16)  
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Most drugs disappear from plasma by processs that are concentration-dependent, which results in __________.   first-order kinetics. With first-order elimination, a constant percentage of the drug is lost per unit time. An elimination rate constant can be described. (17)  
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ke   The elimination rate constant (units are 1/time) (17)  
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Half-life   Period of time required for the concentration of a drug to decrease by one half. (17)  
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t 1/2 = 0.693/ke   The half-life is constant and related to ke for drugs that have first-order kinetics. (18)  
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Clearance of drug is _________ from the elimination rate.   different (18)  
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Clearance   Volume of fluid cleared of a drug per unit time. (18)  
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Rate of removal of drug in weight per unit time.   Elimination rate (19)  
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Drugs with first-order kinetics, clearance and elimination rate are_______,   related (19)  
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Zero-order kinetics   Drugs that saturate routes of elimination disappear from plasma in a non-concentration-dependent. (19)  
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Involves specific enzymes which is one of the most important factors that contribute to a drug having zero-order kinetics.   Metabolism in the liver. (19)  
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Many drugs show zero-order kinetics at ______, or _____ concentrations.   high, toxic (19)  
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For drugs with zero-order kinetics, a constant amount of drug is lost per unit time. The _____ _______ is ____ constant for zero-order reactions, but depends on the ___________.   half-life, not, concentration (19)  
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The ______ the concentration, the _______ the t 1/2.   higher, longer (19)  
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Nonlinear or dose-dependent kinetics   Zero-order kinetics is also known as... (19)  
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Refers to drugs that are first-order at lower doses and switch to zero-order at higher doses (often in the therapeutic range).   Dose-dependent, zero-order, and nonlinear (20)  
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________ refers to the fact that drugs with zero-order kinetics do not show a linear relationship between drug dose and plasma concentration.   Nonlinear (20)  
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When multiple dosing, or a continuous infusion, a drug will accumulate until the amount __________ per unit time is equal to the amount __________ per unit time. The plasma concentration at this point is called the ______ ____ ______ (Css).   administrated, eliminated, steady-state concentration (20)  
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Elimination rate is proportional to the _____ ______ of the drug, so the concentration ______ so does the _________ rate.   plasma concentration, rises, elimination (20)  
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Steady State   The infusion rate and the elimination rate are equal. (20)  
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Css = ___________   Css = Infusion rate (mg/min)/Clearance (ml/min) = mg/ml (20)  
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Direct relationship between Css and the infusion rate (assuming clearance is constant). If we double the infusion rate, the Css _______.   doubles (21)  
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Repeated dosing is associated with ______ and ________ plasma concentrations.   peak, trough (21)  
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The time need to reach steady state depends ONLY on the _____ _____ of the drug. Ninety percent of steady state is reached in 3.3 half-lives.   half-life (21)  
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3.3 half-lives equals _________.   90% of percentage of steady state achieved (22).  
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4 half-lives equals ________.   94% of percentage of steady state achieved (22).  
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5 half-lives equals ________.   97% of percentage of steady state achieved (22).  
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What is used if the half-life of a drug is long such as approx. 6 days for digitoxin to achieve a steady state (about 4 times the half-life)? This would take over 3 weeks.   Loading dose (22)  
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Loading dose   Single dose of a drug used to raise the plasma concentration to a therapeutic level more quickly than would occur through repeated smaller doses. (22)  
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Major site for drug metabolism.   Liver (24)  
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Goal of metabolism is to produce ______ that are ______, or _______ and can be eliminated by the kidney.   metabolites, polar, charged (24)  
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Frequently involve the P-450 system.   Phase I (24)  
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Reactions are conjugations, mostly with glucuronide.   Phase II (24)  
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Reactions convert lipophilic molecules into more polar molescules by introducing or unmasking a polar functional group such as -OH or -BG2. Most of these reactions utilize the microsomal P-450 enzymes.   Phase I (24)  
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Plays a role in the metabolism of about 50% of the drugs.   CYP3A4 (24)  
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Induces CYP3A4 which can increase metabolism of estrogen, thus reducing the effectiveness of birth control pills.   Rifampin (24)  
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Conjugation reactions.   Phase II (24)  
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Glomerular filtration, proximal tubular section, and distal tubular reabsorption.   Renal elimination involves 3 physiological processes. (25)  
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Free drug flows out of body. Size of molecule is the only limiting factor.   Glomerular tubular secretion (25)  
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Drugs are actively secreted into.   Proximal tubular section (25)  
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Uncharged drugs, may diffuse out of the kidney and escape elimination.   Distal tubular reabsorption.  
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Needs to be charged.   For a drug to be excreted so that it is trapped in the urine and can't cross the membrane to sneak back into the body. (25)  
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When pH is _______ than pK, the unprotonated forms (A- and B) predominate.   higher (25)  
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When pH is _______ than the pK, the protonated forms (HA and BH+) predominate.   less (25)  
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