Drug Metabolism
Drug Clearance through Metabolism Drugs are eliminated from the body by: Hepatic metabolism Elimination in bile Elimination in urine Clearance (CL): amount of drug removed from body per unit time 1st order kinetics Zero order kinetics
Drug Metabolism
Reactions of Drug Metabolism Phase I Phase I through P450 Specificity Genetic variability Inducers Inhibitors (omeprazole, grapefruit) Phase I not involving P450 Phase II Reversal of Order of the Phases
decrease pl D conc decrease D activity Decrease therapeutic effect Decrease therapeutic D effect
Drug Clearance by the Kidney Glomerular filtration: ( free D cleared by ???) Proximal tubular secretion: (WAs & WBs) Distal tubular reabsorption: (lipid soluble Ds)
Role of Drug Metabolism
Clearance (continuation) Clearance by other Routes Total Body Clearance Clinical Situations Resulting in Changes in t1/2
Design & Optimization of Dosage Regimen Steady State Condition (Css) Css is directly proportional to rate of infusion Css is inversely proportional to CL
Time to Reach Steady State Concentration
Fixed Dose / Fixed Time Interval
Optimization of Dose