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Class Drug Absorption
Class Drug Absorption
Class Drug Absorption
RAGHU PRASADA M S
MBBS, MD
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
DEPT. OF PHARMACOLOGY
SSIMS & RC.
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PHARMACOKINETICS:
Pharmacokinetics is the science of the kinetics of drug absorption,
distribution, and elimination (i.e, excretion and metabolism).
PHARMACODYNAMICS:
Pharmacodynamics refers to the relationship between the drug
concentration at the site of action (receptor) and pharmacologic
response.
ABSORPTION:
“The process of movement of unchanged drug from the site of
administration to systemic circulation is called as absorption”.
It can also be defined as the process of movement of unchanged
drug from the site of administration to the site of measurement i.e
plasma.
The process whereby drug moves from the muscle,
digestive tract or other site of entry into the body
towards the circulatory system
Types:
Active Transport
Facilitated Diffusion:
Active transport: The characteristics are:
Against the concentration gradient
Energy dependent , obtained from hydrolysis of ATP
Carrier is required
Selective
Saturable
Competitive inhibition by another drug binding to same
carrier.
Reverse transporters: Carriers specialized in expelling
foreign molecules as the enter the cells.
One large family is ABC (ATP binding cassette ) family
It includes P-glycoprotein or multidrug resistance type
1 (MDR1) transporter, found in the brain, testis &
other tissues and in some drug resistant neoplastic
cells
It can be inhibited by grape fruit juice & certain
drugs i.e VERAPAMIL.
2. Multidrug resistance –associated protein (MRP)
transporters play important role in excretion of drug or
its metabolites into urine or bile.
Facilitated Diffusion: A mechanism to enhance
diffusion of drugs with low lipid solubility.
Along a concentration gradient
Carrier mediated: Carrier increases lipid solubility of
drug →↑rate of diffusion
Not energy dependent
Saturable
Competitive inhibition
e.g. Glucose entry into the cell by Glucose transporters-
GLUT1-GLUT5
Specific receptors for transport proteins must be
present for this process to work.
Endocytosis: Drugs which have very large molecules
(macromolecules) can be engulfed by the cell
membrane in a vesicle & carried into the cell &
released within the cell by pinching off the vesicle &
breakdown of its membrane.
Examples:
Transport of vitamin B12 with a binding protein (
intrinsic factor) across gut wall.
Iron is transported into hemoglobin synthesizing RBCs
precursors with transferrin.
Exocytosis is the reverse of endocytosis.It is
responsible for secretion of many substances from
cells. e.g. Expulsion of neurotransmitters into the
synaptic cleft.
The neurotransmitter substances are stored in
membrane bound vesicles in nerve endings to
protect them from metabolic destruction .
Appropriate activation of nerve ending causes
expulsion of its contents in to the synaptic cleft.
GI Lumen GI Barrier Blood
Solid dosage form
3
Granules or Drug in solution
aggregates At absorption site 4
2
3
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The AUC-Area Under Curve is expressed in the units of
mg-hr/ml
Planimeter –an instrument for measurement of area of
plane figures
Cut and weigh method- that means to cut out the area
under the entire curve on rectilinear graph paper and
weigh it on analytical balance
Mathematical –using trapezhoid rule
When drug is absorbed across the GI tract, it enters the
portal circulation before entering the systemic circulation.
Here some part of drug gets metabolized and amount of
unchanged drug that gains access to the systemic circulation
is decreased. Ex- lidocaine, morphine, nitroglycerine,
propranolol
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