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Module 4a: Pharmaceutically Active Components

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#1
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The study of interactions btwn drug and organism.

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Pharmacology! :D

#2
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The study of how a drug affects the organsim.

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Pharmacodynamics!

#3
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The study of how the organism affects the drug.

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Pharmacokinetics!

#4
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Pharmacodynamics can be affected by: (3)

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• Disease state or disorder • Age • drug-drug interactions (polypharm)

#5
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Pharmacodynamics How do drugs bind to receptors? (4)

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• Intermolecular forces • Covalent bonds • Hydrophobic interactions • Stereospecific interactions (enantiomers)

#6
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What are properties of drugs? (3)

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• Affinity (binding) • Efficacy (desired effect) • Potency (compare relative affinity to competing drugs) *drugs act as ligands that bind to the receptors

#7
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Categories of drugs include: (4)

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• Agonist • Antagonist • Competitive • Non-competitive

#8
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Pharmacokinetics

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ADME

#9
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What determines the time to maximum concentration at the receptor to produce its peak effect?

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Absorption rate.

#10
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What term describes how much of the drug administered that is actually absorbed?

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Bioavailability. *usually talking about oral admin

#11
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What are some factors that affect bioavailability?

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• MW of drug • drug formation • drug stability (pH) • 1st pass metab • blood flow • gastric emptying (food slows process) • GI motility • Drug interactions (polypharm?)

#12
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Distribution What affects distribution of the drug throughout the body?

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• blood • TBW • extracellular fluids • lymph fluids • CSF • protein-binding • drug solubility properties

#13
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Hydrolysis, REDOX reactions (CYP450s), activating prodrugs are all examples of _____?

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Metabolism of drugs. *has potential to form toxic metabolites :(

#14
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Kidneys, feces, lungs, sweat glands are all examples of _____?

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Excretion of drugs.

#15
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Drug Development What % of drugs make it out of clinical testing?

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~10% *90% fail

#16
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When do most drugs fail clinical trials? What phase?

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Discovery.

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#17
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What is the “Lipinski Rule of 5” used for?

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Tool to describe drug potential for a new chemical entity (NCE) & its bioavailability.

#18
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If you violate only 1 rule of Lipinski Rule of 5, can this drug be deemed orally bioavailable?

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NO!

#19
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What are Lipinski Rule of 5 based upon?

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• H bond donors (amines, alcohols) (no more than 5) • H bond acceptors (F, O, N) (no more than 10) • MW (less than 500g/mol) • Calculated partition coefficient (cLogP 5 or less)

#20
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If I develop a drug that is half lipophilic & half hydrophilic, is it safe to say it will move across cell membranes well?

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YES! This is ideal. *So is a LMW and low cLogP.

#21
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What functional groups have been linked to increases in toxicity d/t their metabolite production? (5) And what is this called?

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• Aromatic anilines • nitroaromatics • polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons • aliphatic halides (group 7) • thiophenes (superman ring) STRUCTURAL ALERTS