# -*- coding: utf-8 -*- # drug_dosage_start.py # # VARIABLE DICTIONARY DRUG DOSAGE MODEL: # -------------------------------------------------------------------- # Drug levels in the blood, for certain drugs, can be modeled by a pair of # coupled first-order linear differential equations. For compactness, let # A= medicine_in_intestines and B = plasma_level. Variable names are defined # below. # dA/dt = -absorption_rate*A + intake # dB/dt = -excretion_rate*B + absorption_rate*A import math import numpy as np import matplotlib.pyplot as plt import pylab # Model parameters time_step = 0.25 # simulation time step in hours start_time = 0 # in hours end_time = 48 # in hours doses_per_day = 2 #Start dosage_per_day below medicinal level dosage_per_day = 10000 #mg of the drug absorption_rate = 0.25 # absorption rate constant half_life = 6 # in hours blood_volume = 4.6 # in liters medicinal_level = 800 # level at which drug becomes effective mg/l toxic_level = 1000 # level at which drug becomes toxic mg/l # Derived constants N = int((end_time - start_time) / time_step) # number of simulation steps dosage = dosage_per_day / doses_per_day # amount of each dose dosage_interval = 24 / doses_per_day # in hours excretion_rate = math.log(2) / half_life steps_between_doses = dosage_interval / time_step plasma_concentration = [0]*(N+1) # concentration of drug in blood min_not_found = True #Loop until we reach one below the toxic level while (max(plasma_concentration) < (toxic_level - 1)): if max(plasma_concentration) > medicinal_level and min_not_found: min_plasma_concentration = plasma_concentration min_dosage_per_day = dosage_per_day min_not_found = False #Increase the dosage_per_day each time through the loop dosage_per_day = dosage_per_day + 1 #mg of the drug # Time-varying quantities, arrays with one value per time step # The syntax, "[0]*(N+1)," creates a one-dimensional array of length N+1 whose values are all zero. t = [0]*(N+1) # time in hours intake = [0]*(N+1) # dose at this time step medicine_in_intestines = [0]*(N+1) # level of drug in intestines plasma_level = [0]*(N+1) # level of drug in the blood plasma_concentration = [0]*(N+1) # concentration of drug in blood absorption = [0]*(N+1) # amount absorbed at this time step excretion = [0]*(N+1) # amount excreted at this time step # Initialize variables - assume all others start at 0 t[0] = start_time step_next_dose = 1 # give first dose at start time # Loop to calculate intake of drug over time # Euler's method # this part calculates when each dose of the drug is added based on # the number of doses over a 24 hour period. Number of doses must be an # integer divisor of 24 for this to work. Otherwise change the time step for i in range(N): t[i+1] = t[i] + time_step #For time released dosage, we make intake constant intake[i] = dosage_per_day*time_step/24 #TODO: Create another loop that calculates the absorption, excretion, #plasma level, and plasma concentration over time for i in range(N): absorption[i] = time_step * absorption_rate *medicine_in_intestines[i] excretion[i] = time_step * excretion_rate * plasma_level[i] medicine_in_intestines[i+1] = medicine_in_intestines[i] - absorption[i] + intake[i] plasma_level[i+1] = plasma_level[i] - excretion[i] +absorption[i] plasma_concentration[i+1] = plasma_level[i+1] /blood_volume print 'Minimum concentration found at a ', min_dosage_per_day, ' mg dosage a day.' print 'Maximum concentration found at a ', dosage_per_day, ' mg dosage a day.' # Now Plot the results plt.plot(t,plasma_concentration, color = 'b', label= "Maximum Plasma Concentration") plt.plot(t,min_plasma_concentration, color = 'y', label= "Minimum Plasma Concentration") m_level = [medicinal_level]*(N+1) plt.plot(t, m_level, color= 'r', label= "Medicinal Level",) t_level = [toxic_level]*(N+1) plt.plot(t, t_level, color = 'g', label = "Toxic Level") plt.legend(loc=4) plt.minorticks_on() plt.ylim(0,1100) plt.show()