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Important in carrying the absorbed drug to the systemic circulation |
Perfusion of the GIT |
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"Kitchen sink phenomenon" |
Gastric emptying time |
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Normal GET |
2-3 hrs |
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Period required for swallowed drug to reach the stomach and eventually empties it into the small intestine |
Gastric emptying time |
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Time required for drug to have sufficient time at the absorption site for optimum absorbtion |
Transit time (residence time) |
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Normal peristaltic movements |
Intestinal motility |
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Hydrolyses fat/lipid soluble substances |
Bile |
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Law stating movement from high conc. to low conc. |
Fick's law |
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Not governed by fick's law and is capacity limited |
Transport by special carriers |
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Give 2 passive diffusion |
Simple diffusion and convective absorption |
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Cell drinking |
Pinocytosis |
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Give 2 transport by special carriers |
Active transport and facilitated diffusion |
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Determines the extent of systemic absorption |
AUCtotal |
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Bioavailability is equal to 1 |
Intravascular route |
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Cell eating |
Phagocytosis |
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Bioavailability is less than 1 |
Extravascular route |
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Comparing the drug to standard administered by the same route |
Relative availability |
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Provides warning of possibly toxic levels |
Plasma concentration |
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Comparing the drug to the dose size administered |
Absolute availability |
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Time required to decrease the initial dose of drug by 50% |
Half life |
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The way in which the concentration of a drug affects the rate |
Order |
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The velocity with which chemical reaction occurs |
Rate |
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Determine the extent and rate of the reaction |
Cmax |
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Curve in the log paper of zero order kinetics |
Nonlinear |
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Is a mathematic description of a biologic system |
Model |
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Group of tissues with similar blood flow and drug affinity |
Compartment |
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Enhance or inhibit process |
Allosteric |
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3 most important parameters that can be obtained from conc vs time curve |
Peak concentration, peak time, total AUC |
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Process by which a drug is carried from extracellular space to interstitial space to tissue cells |
Distribution |
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Is the vehicle bringing the drug molecule to and away from the membrane |
Biological fluid |
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3 fluid compartment for pharmacokinetic considerations |
Intravasal or intravascular fluid, interstitial fluid, intracellular fluid |
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Obtained from whole blood by removing the soluble protein fibrinogen |
Serum |
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pH of extracellular fluids |
7.4 |
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Transported rapidly in the circulating blood then mixed between blood and tissue fluids |
Extracellular fluids |
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The surface where the drug is distributed |
Diameter |
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Are barriers between morphological and functional units |
Membrane |
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Surface tension of membrane |
Very low |
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Amount of blood delivered to different organs |
Regional blood flow |
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Restricts permeation of more hydrophilic drugs into CNS |
Blood brain barrier |
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Condition that will make the drug uptake into the brain enhanced |
Meningitis |
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Normal cardiac output |
2.2 to 3.5 or 4.5 L/min/m2 |
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Duration of intravenous route |
Short |
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Duration of intramuscular route |
Long |
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What is the cause of blood flow accumulation |
Protein binding (dose dumping) |
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Arterial end of the capillary is characterized by higher pressure, thus forces plasma and dissolved nutrients out of the capillary and into tissue fluid |
Hydrostatic pressure (filtration |
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Drug combines with protein |
Protein binding |
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Balance between opposing pressures in the body |
Homeostasis |
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Binding to plasma proteins |
Inert binding |
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Binding to tissue protein |
Receptor binding |
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Help maintain blood volume and blood pressure |
Homeostasis |
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2 functions of plasma proteins |
Buffer function and transport function |
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What should be the dosage if the patient has acute inflammation? |
Initial dose should be increased |
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What should be the dosage if the patient is undernutrition |
Reduced dosage |
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Curve in the log paper in first order kinetics |
Linear |