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What is the primary focus of biopharmaceutics?
What is the first step in the entry of a drug into the systemic circulation?
What is necessary for a drug to pass out of the plasma and reach body fluids and tissues?
What is the main factor that determines the clinical response of a drug?
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What are drug receptors?
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What is the primary focus of biopharmaceutics?
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Which process involves the entry of a drug into the systemic circulation following the administration of a drug product?
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What is necessary for a drug to reach body fluids and tissues and hence its sites of action?
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What is the role of drug receptors in producing therapeutic responses?
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What influences the clinical response of a drug?
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Study Notes
Biopharmaceutics
- Primary focus: the study of the fate of a drug in the body and its absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion (ADME)
Drug Absorption
- First step in the entry of a drug into the systemic circulation: absorption of the drug into the bloodstream
Drug Distribution
- Necessary for a drug to pass out of the plasma and reach body fluids and tissues: permeability of the drug through biological membranes
- Necessary for a drug to reach body fluids and tissues and hence its sites of action: distribution of the drug from the bloodstream to the interstitial fluid and then to the target tissues or organs
Drug Receptors and Clinical Response
- Main factor that determines the clinical response of a drug: binding of the drug to its specific receptors
- Drug receptors: specific molecules that allow the drug to produce its therapeutic responses
- Role of drug receptors in producing therapeutic responses: the drug binds to the receptor, triggering a series of biochemical reactions that lead to the desired therapeutic effect
- Influences the clinical response of a drug: the binding of the drug to its receptors, as well as other factors such as the dose, concentration, and duration of action of the drug
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Test your knowledge of biopharmaceutics by taking this quiz that covers the influence of physicochemical properties of drugs, dosage forms, and routes of administration on systemic drug absorption.
