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Chemical Name

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Long, awkward, not useful clinically

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Generic Name

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Short hand version of the chemical name

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Trade Name

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Marketing tool to achieve name recognition

4
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Patent life of a drug

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~20 years

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Government agency that oversees drug testing/approval process

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FDA (Food and Drug Administration)

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Phases of Drug Testing

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Preclinical Trials
Clinical Trials: Phase I (Healthy volunteer) 1 year
Phase II: Small pt sample 2 years
Phase III: Large pt sample 3 years
Phase 4: Post marketing surveillance
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Pharmacokinetics

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How the body handles the drugs

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Pharmacodynamics

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How the drugs affect the body

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Factors of Pharmacokinetics

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Administration; Absorption; Distribution; Storage; Elimination

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Enteral

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Using the GI tract for administration

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Parenteral

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Not using the GI tract for administration

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Enteral route trade off

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Simple, easy; less predictable absorption

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Parenteral route trade off

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More difficult, inconvenient; more predictable absorption

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Odds of drug approval

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5000 compounds—>5 clinical trials—->1 approved

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Implications of drug testing/approval

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Drug costs
Availability
Failure to identify side effects

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Who can prescribe prescription meds?

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Physician

Dentist

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Who can suggest drugs?

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Physician
Dentist
NOT PT

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Absorption/Distribution affected by

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Administration route
Chemical properties of drug
Various barriers and carriers

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Storage sites

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Fat, muscle, bone, liver, kidneys

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Primary problems of storage

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Local tissue damage

Redistribution: stored drug leaks out

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Metabolism of drugs

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Primarily liver

Changes to inactive or less active metabolite

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Excretion of drugs

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Primarily kidneys

Drug excreted from body

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Isozymes

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Different forms of the same enzyme. Typical between genders

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Pharmacogenetics

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Using a persons gene background to guide prescription

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Enteral Adminstration routes

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Oral
Sublingual
Buccal
Rectal

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Parenteral Administration routes

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Injection
Inhalation
Topical
Transdermal

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Bioavailability

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Percent of the administered dose that appears in the bloodstream

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First pass effect

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Some of the drug can be destroyed during the first pass through the liver

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Enzymes metabolize the drug via

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Oxidation
Reduction
Hydrolysis
Conjugation

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Off-labeling

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Prescription of a drug for a purpose that has not been approved by the FDA

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Active metabolites

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Some metabolites can continue to exert effects and side effects for prolonged periods

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Half-life

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Amount of time required for 50% of the active form of the drug to be eliminated