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Module 1 Flashcards

1
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The study of drugs.

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Pharmacology

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2
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Pharmakon means this.

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Remedy

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3
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Logos means this

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Study (or body of knowledge)

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4
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What are the three ways to classify therapeutics?

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Drugs - traditional drugs (i.e. chemical agents)
Biologics - antibodies, hormones
Natural health products - herbals, vitamins, minerals

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5
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What branch oversees pharmacologic agents in Canada?

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Health Canada Products and Food Branch

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6
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What are the different directorates of the Health Canada Products and Food Branch?

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Therapeutic Products Directorate
Biologics and Genetic Therapies Directorate
Natural Health Products Directorate

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7
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Oversees traditional drugs such as pills and capsules.

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Therapeutic Products Directorate

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8
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Oversees antibody and hormone-type therapeutics

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Biologics and Genetic therapies directorate

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9
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What are the different ways in which a drug is named?

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Trade name
Generic name
Chemical (IUPAC) name

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10
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Describes the chemical structure of the molecule. Is used by chemists but not by many others.

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Chemical name

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11
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A unique name that identifies a drug. Most commonly used in pharmacology. It is the name that should be used by HCPs

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Generic name

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12
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The name assigned by a drug company, usually easy to remember and marketable.

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Trade name

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13
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What is the issue with trade names?

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The problem with trade names is that many companies may make the same drug, therefore it may have different trade names.

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14
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Approval of marketed drugs in Canada takes approximately ___ years.
The total cost of a new drug can be as high as ___________$.

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15

800 000 000$

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15
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Approval of marketed drugs in Canada goes through many stages. What are they?

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Pre-clinical testing and Drug discovery
Clinical trial application
Phase 1 clinical trial
Phase 2 clinical trial
Phase 3 clinical trial
New drug submission (NDS) submitted to Health Canada
Phase IV clinical trial
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16
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This step of drug testing/development is done in culture cells, living tissue or experimental animals.
The goal is to evaluate biological effects, pharmacokinetics and toxicity.

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Preclinical testing/Drug discovery

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17
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This must be submitted to Health Canada prior to any human studies.
Details all pre-clinical data.
Health Canada will respond within ___ days of receipt.

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Clinical trial application

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18
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Involves testing on 20-100 healthy volunteers.

What is evaluated at this stage?

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Phase 1 clinical testing

Evaluate pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics

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19
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Involves testing on 300-500 patients with the target disorder.
What is determined at this stage?

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Phase II clinical trial

Therapeutic effectiveness, side effects and dosing information is gathered

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20
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Involves testing on 500-5000 patients with the disorder.

What is determined?

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Therapeutic effectiveness is verified, long term side effects are assessed

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21
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Report detailing the therapeutic effectiveness and safety of the drug.
It includes results from pre-clinical and clinical trials.

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New drug submission

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22
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If the NDS is approved, what does Health Canada issue?

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Notice of Compliance (NOC) and a Drug information number (DIN)

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23
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What is needed to market a drug?

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NOC and DIN
Notice of Compliance
Drug information number

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24
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Includes PMS (post-market surveillance).
Health Canada monitors the efficacy and safety of the drug after it has been marketed.
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Phase IV Clinical trial

25
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What are the different, major routes of administration?

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Enteral
Parenteral
Topical/other

26
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Route of administration that involves the GI tract.

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Enteral

27
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What are the different enteral routes of administration?

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Oral

Rectal

28
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Route involving drug injection.

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Parenteral route

29
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What are the different parenteral routes?

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Intravenous
Intramuscular
Subcutaneous

30
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Study of what the body does to the drug.

Encompasses four factors, what are they?

A

Pharmacokinetics

ADME - absorption, distribution, metabolism, excretion

31
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Most orally administered drugs are absorbed in the ____________, transported by the ________ blood supply to the _______.

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Small intestine
Portal
Liver

32
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Primary site of drug metabolism

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Liver

33
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After reaching the liver, what are the two fates of orally administered drugs?

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Enter the systemic circulation and are distributed to different organs
Enter the bile duct and get excreted back into the intestine, and leave the body in feces

34
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What is the primary site of drug excretion?

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Kidneys

35
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These form a barrier against orally ingested drugs, toxins and nutrients

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Intestinal villi

36
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A - Contains genetic material
B - Metabolizes drugs, carbohydrates and steroids
C - Synthesizes proteins (not ribosomes)
D - Processes and packages proteins and lipids
E - Produces ATP
F - Separates the intracellular and extracellular environments

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A - nucleus
B - smooth ER
C - Rough ER
D - Golgi apparatus
E - Mitochondria
F - Cell membrane
37
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Cellular component which is the major determinant of which drugs are able to enter the cell.

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Cell membrane

38
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What is the lipid bilayer composed of? What are these composed of?

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Phospholipids - contain Two fatty acids (hydrophobic tails) and a polar head group (phosphate)
Proteins and cholesterol are also embedded

39
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What are the different ways in which drugs cross the cell membrane?

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Direct penetration of the cell membrane
Through ion channels and pores
Specific transport proteins (drug transporters)

40
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What is needed for a drug to be able to directly penetrate the cell membrane?

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The drug MUST be lipophilic

41
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Channels and pores in cell membranes are very _____.
Only very small compounds (MW < ____) can pass
Channels are very _______ - meaning only certain compounds can fit through them

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small
<200 Da
selective

42
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What is an example of a drug that passes through ion channels?

A

Lithium

43
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Carrier proteins that move drugs from one side of the cell membrane to the other.
What are the two types?

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Drug transporters
Uptake transporters - from outside the cell to inside
Efflux transporters - from inside the cell to outside

44
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Important in protecting cells. Present in the intestine, placenta, kidney and BBB.

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Efflux transporters

45
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Important in mediating intestinal absorption, renal excretion and reaching target sites of action inside cells

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Uptake transporters

46
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What are the different types of drug molecules?

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Polar molecules
Ions
Quaternary ammonium compounds
Ionizable molecules
Lipophilic molecules
47
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Water soluble molecules which have an uneven distribution of electrical charge, but no net charge.

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Polar molecules

48
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Atoms or molecules in which the total number of electrons is not equal to the total number of protons, resulting in a net charge.

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Ions

49
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Have at least one nitrogen atom and have a positive charge AT ALL TIMES

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Quaternary ammonium compounds

50
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Can exist in charged (weak acid or base) or uncharged forms.

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Ionizable molecules

51
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Weak acid - determine whether non-ionized or ionized is the majority in each environment.
Acidic, basic.

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Acidic - uncharged/unionized

Basic - charged/ionized

52
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Weak base - determine whether non-ionized or ionized is the majority in each environment.
Acidic, basic.

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Acidic - ionized

Basic - unionized

53
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Able to pass through cell membranes.

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Lipophilic molecules

54
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Most drugs are weak _____ and thus cross membranes more easily in an ________ medium.

A

bases

alkaline

55
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Occurs when there is a difference in pH on different sides of a membrane.

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Ion trapping

56
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In ion trapping, where do drugs accumulate?

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On the side in which they are ionized.

57
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How is ion trapping clinically relevant?

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Used in treatment of overdoses

58
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What are the large gaps in capillaries called? How is lipophilic drug movement different from hydrophilic drug movement in capillaries?

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Fenestrations
Hydrophilic drugs can only pass through fenestrations (or transporters); lipophilic drugs can pass through the membrane or through fenestrations

59
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What is different about capillaries at the BBB?>

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There are no fenestrations; drugs can only enter through transporters or if lipophilic

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