1. Intravenous Bolus
Administration
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One compartment Model
2. LECTURE’S OBJECTIVES
Upon the completion of this lecture the student should be able to:
• Describe the different pharmacokinetic parameters.
• Determine pharmacokinetic parameters from either plasma or
urinary data.
• State the equation for plasma drug concentration as a function of
time.
• Calculate the corresponding plasma drug concentration at time t
• Calculate the intravenous bolus dose of a drug that will result in
a target (desired) plasma drug concentration at time t.
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3. X
Assumptions
• One-compartment model.
Xu
• First-order process.
• Passive diffusion.
• No metabolism takes place
(elimination is 100% via renal
excretion)
• The drug is being monitored in blood
(plasma/serum) and urine.
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6. Pharmacokinetic Parameters
• Apparent volume of distribution (Vd).
• Elimination half-life (t1/2).
• Elimination rate constant (K0 or Kel).
• Systemic clearance (Cls).
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7. Apparent volume of distribution
(Vd)
• Concentrations are usually measured not
masses.
• Vd is a proportionality constant whose sole
purpose is to relate the plasma
concentration (Cp) and the mass of drug (X)
in the body at a time.
• It is not a physical volume.
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8. Vd Concept
Drug Concentration in Beaker Drug Concentration in Beaker
with charcoal
Dose = 10mg Dose = 10mg
Cp0 = 20mg/L Cp0 = 2mg/L
Vd= 500mL Vd= 5000mL
The concentration of KI is different although the volume of water
in both beakers is the same.
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9. Calculating Vd
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volume (e.g. mL) or
units of volume on a
body weight basis
(Lkg-1 body weight).
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10. Elimination Half life (t1/2)
The time (h, min,
day, etc.) at which
the mass (or Semi-logarithmic Paper
amount) of
unchanged drug
becomes half (or
50%) of the initial
mass of drug.
Basic Pharmacokinetics: S. Jambhekar , Phillip Breen 2009
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12. Elimination Rate Constant (k)
Unit of k in first order process is reciprocal of time (h-1)
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Elimination
Rate
Constant
Metabolism
Rate
Excretion Constant
Rate
Constant
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17. Use of Urinary Data
Amount remained
to
be excreted Rate of
Excretion
1. Urine collection is a non-invasive technique.
2. More convenient sample collection
3. Sample size is not restricting.
4. The sampling time reflects cumulative drug concentration
in urine collected over a period of time, rather than a drug
concentration at a discrete time.
5. Urinary data allows direct measurement of bioavailability,
both absolute and relative, without the need of fitting the
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18. Use of Urinary Data
X
Cumulative amount ������������������
Xu
= ������������ ������
In Urine at time (t) ������������
������������ ������ = ������0 (1 − ������ −������������������ )
Administered dose
of drug
Excretion Rate
������������ ������ = ∞ Constant
������������ = ������0
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19. Amount Remaining
To be excreted
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= ������������������������������������ ������������ ������ℎ������ ������������������������
= ������������ Drug Totally
Drug Totally
Removed Unchanged
Removed Unchanged
Can not calculate
Volume of Distribution
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20. Limitations
1. Keep obtaining urine samples until no
additional drug practically appears in the urine,
(t = 7 t½)
2. Urine samples can not be lost, or urine from
any samples used in the determination of Xu
(the exact volume of urine at each time interval
must be known)
3. A time-consuming method for a drug with a
long elimination half life.
4. There is a cumulative build up of error.
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21. Dose = 80mg
The plot represents the cumulative quantity
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of the medication from the collected urine
Drug Totally
Removed Unchanged
samples vs. the time.
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Basic Pharmacokinetics: S. Jambhekar , Phillip Breen 2009
22. The plot represents the amount remaining
to be excreted of the medication vs. time
Drug Totally
Removed Unchanged
������ = ������������
Can not calculate
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Volume of Distribution
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23. Rate of Excretion
Method
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= ������������ ������ ������������������
������������ = ������������ ������������ ������−������������������
������������
������ = ������������ ������−������������������
average time
between
urine
collection
average rate
of excretion
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24. The plot represents average rate of
excretion within the time interval between
samples collection vs. average time
between urine samples collection
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27. Questions:
What is the concentration of drug 0, 2 and 4 hours after a dose of 500
mg. Known pharmacokinetic parameters are apparent volume of
distribution, Vd is 30 liter and the elimination rate constant, kel is 0.2
hr-1 ?
From the plot seen calculate all
pharmacokinetic parameters that
you can calculate
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