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-VOLUME CAIRAN
-METABOLISM
-MASSA
DISTRIBUTION
VOLUME OF DISTRIBUTION. PHYSIOLOGICAL CHANGES LIKE THE
DECREASE IN TOTAL BODY WATER AND PLASMA VOLUME, TISSUE
PERFUSION, AND MUSCLE MASS LOSS MAY ALTER THE VOLUME
OF DISTRIBUTION OF DRUGS. THIS MAY HAVE AN IMPACT ON THE
PLASMA AND TISSUE CONCENTRATIONS ACHIEVED AFTER
ADMINISTERING A DRUG IN SPACE, AND DEPENDING ON THE
MAGNITUDE OF THE CHANGE, MAY REQUIRE A COMPLETELY
NEW DOSING SCHEME TO BE DESIGNED TO AVOID
SUBTHERAPEUTIC OR TOXIC CONCENTRATIONS.
DISTRIBUTION
BINDING. DRUG BINDING IN BLOOD OCCURS TO DIFFERENT
STRUCTURES AS PLASMA PROTEINS, LIPIDS AND ERYTHROCYTES.
AS ONLY THE UNBOUND FRACTION OF DRUG IS ACTIVE,
CHANGES IN TOTAL PLASMA PROTEINS WILL AFFECT
PHARMACOKINETICS. DURING SPACE FLIGHT NO SIGNIFICANT
CHANGES IN PLASMA PROTEIN CONCENTRATIONS HAVE BEEN
OBSERVED, BUT A REDUCTION IN RED BLOOD CELL MASS
(HEMOGLOBIN AND NUMBER OF ERYTHROCYTES) IS REPORTED.
ALTERED TISSUE BINDING IS OBSERVED AS A RESULT OF PROTEIN
LOSS, MUSCLE ATROPHY AND DECREASE IN LEAN BODY MASS.
ELIMINATION - CLEARANCE AND METABOLISM
-CLEARANCE IS DEFINED AS THE VOLUME OF BODY FLUID CLEARED PER TIME UNIT,
CAN BE EXPRESSED AS THE PRODUCT OF BLOOD FLOW ACROSS AN ELIMINATING
ORGAN AND THE RESPECTIVE EXTRACTION RATIO