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Pharm Exam 1

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Term
Definition
Pharmacodynamics   What the drug does to the body  
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DR   Drug + Receptor; usually drug bound to a protein  
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ED50   dose where 50% of the people would experience a therapeutic effect. Expected dose  
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TD50   dose where 50% of people would experience toxicity. Toxic dose  
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LD50   dose where 50% of patients would die. Lethal dose  
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Therapeutic Window (TI)   Efficacy without unacceptable toxicity. The window between the therapeutic effect and the toxic effect.  
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How to calculate TI   TD50/ED50 50% ppl with toxic/50% of ppl with therapeutic  
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High TI   wide therapeutic window (desirable because a higher dose is needed to reach toxicity and a lower dose is needed to reach efficacy)  
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Low TI   small therapeutic window (warfarin, lithium)  
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Agonists; DR*   drug is bound and is eliciting a change; conformational change is depicted by the asterisk  
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3 types of Agonists   Full, partial or mixed agonist-antagonist, Inverse  
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Full Agonist   Elicits maximal response; stabilizes DR*, causing a full effect by activating an inactive receptor  
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Partial or mixed agonist-antagonist   stabilizes DR (antagonist, no change) and DR* (agonist, change)  
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Inverse   inactivates free active receptors (R*), stabilizes DR in the case of R*  
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Antagonists   inhibition of agonist activity. Stabilizes DR and prevents DR*  
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3 types of antagonists   competitive, noncompetitive, nonreceptor  
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Competitive antagonists   reversible binding, active site. An agonist can bump off antagonist at the active site and cause DR*  
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Noncompetitive antagonists   irreversible active site or allosteric site; high affinity bond, no matter how many agonists it cannot bump off the agonists; Also it will bind to an alternate site and prevent the agonist from binding or prevent the agonist from causing change  
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Nonreceptor: 2 types   Chemical: agonist inactivation (protamine binds to heparin and inactivatess it) Physiologic: mediates opposite response of agonist (how a beta blocker acts in hyperthyroidism; the patient is tachycardic so you give a beta blocker that will counter it  
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Pharmacokinetics   What the body does to the drug  
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4 topics of pharmacokinetics   absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion.  
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Is the lipid core hydrophilic or hydrophobic?   hydrophobic  
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Are the surfaces of the extracellular and intracellular membranes hydrophobic or hydrophilic?   hydrophilic  
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How do drugs pass through the membrane?   Passive diffusion (small and hydrophobic) Facilitated diffusion (hydrophilic; needs a transporter and does not use ATP) Active Transport (hydrophilic; needs a transporter and uses ATP. Endocytosis: drug is engulfed and released in the cell.  
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Nonionized molecules   lipid soluble  
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Ionized molecules   hydrophilic, charged, and has difficulty penetrating the membrane  
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pKa which equation is used to calculate it?   pH at which 50% of the drug is ionized Henderson-Hasselbach equation pH + log ([HA]/[A-])  
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pH trapping   determined by pKa and pH across membrane weakly acidic drugs (ASA); they are protonated in the stomach (nonionized) and deprotonated in plasma (ionized)  
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BBB has tight junctions that prevent passive diffusion. So how do drugs penetrate the CNS?   They are small and hydrophobic Active transport Facilitated transport Intrathecal (bypass) this is the easiest  
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Absorption depends on.....   the rate at which and extent to which the drug leaves its site of administration  
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Bioavailability   extent to which the drug reaches systemic circulation; "fraction absorbed"  
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What is the assumption about bioavailability   the site of action is reached directly from the systemic circulation  
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Factors that modify absorption   concentration, circulation at the site of absorption, drug solubility, and surface area  
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2 phases of distribution   Initial phase: once the drug reaches systemic circulation 2nd phase: once the drug reaches the tissues (distribution to tissues)  
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Volume of distribution Vd = Dose/ [Drug]plasma   Volume of fluid required to contain the total amount of drug absorbed in the body at uniform concentrations equal to that in the plasma steady state.  
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Low Vd   retained in the vascular compartment so it does not distribute well  
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High Vd   highly distributed into non-vascular compartments; so it can pass through plasma to target organs.  
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what type of bond: shifting electron density in areas of a molecule, or in a molecule as a whole, results in the generation of transient (+) or (-) charges. These areas interact with transient areas of opposite charge on another molecule.   Van der Waals; weakest  
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What type of bond: two bonding atoms share electrons   covalent; strongest/irreversible  
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what type of bond: hydrogen atoms bound to nitrogen or oxygen become more positively polarized, allowing them to bond to more negatively polarized atoms such as oxygen, nitrogen, or sulfur   hydrogen  
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What type of bond: Atoms with an excess of electrons (imparting an overall negative charge on the atom) are attracted to atoms with a deficiency of electrons (imparting overall positive charge on the atom)   ionic  
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Hydrophilic or Hydrophobic: "water-loving"/water-soluble   hydrophilic  
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Hydrophilic or Hydrophobic: Polar, usually ionized (contains a charge)   hydrophilic  
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Hydrophilic or Hydrophobic: lipophilic   hydrophobic  
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Hydrophilic or Hydrophobic: "fat loving"/water soluble   hdrophobic  
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Hydrophilic or Hydrophobic: Renal excretion   hydrophilic  
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Hydrophilic or Hydrophobic: Requires transport to cross cell membrane and BBB   hydrophilic  
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Hydrophilic or Hydrophobic: Passively diffuses across the cell membranes and BBB   hydrophobic  
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Hydrophilic or Hydrophobic: Forms H+ bonds   hydrophilic  
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Hydrophilic or Hydrophobic: non-polar, usually not ionized (no charge)   hydrophobic  
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