Podcast
Questions and Answers
What form of the drug is available for action, metabolism, and excretion?
What form of the drug is available for action, metabolism, and excretion?
Which type of drugs bind mainly to albumin?
Which type of drugs bind mainly to albumin?
What prolongs the duration of action of a drug?
What prolongs the duration of action of a drug?
What must drugs be in order to cross the blood-brain barrier?
What must drugs be in order to cross the blood-brain barrier?
Signup and view all the answers
Which barrier allows lipid-soluble unionized drugs to readily cross?
Which barrier allows lipid-soluble unionized drugs to readily cross?
Signup and view all the answers
What does volume of distribution describe?
What does volume of distribution describe?
Signup and view all the answers
What is the term used to describe the movement of a drug from its site of administration into the bloodstream?
What is the term used to describe the movement of a drug from its site of administration into the bloodstream?
Signup and view all the answers
Which route of absorption compensates for first-pass metabolism by ensuring 100% bioavailability?
Which route of absorption compensates for first-pass metabolism by ensuring 100% bioavailability?
Signup and view all the answers
What does the term 'enterohepatic circulation' refer to in drug metabolism?
What does the term 'enterohepatic circulation' refer to in drug metabolism?
Signup and view all the answers
How can first-pass metabolism be compensated for with some drugs?
How can first-pass metabolism be compensated for with some drugs?
Signup and view all the answers
Which route of drug administration may result in low bioavailability due to metabolism in the gut wall and liver before systemic circulation?
Which route of drug administration may result in low bioavailability due to metabolism in the gut wall and liver before systemic circulation?
Signup and view all the answers
What term describes the dispersion of drugs from the bloodstream to other tissues and their site of action?
What term describes the dispersion of drugs from the bloodstream to other tissues and their site of action?
Signup and view all the answers
What is the definition of pharmacokinetics?
What is the definition of pharmacokinetics?
Signup and view all the answers
Which route of drug administration involves passing the drug through the cheeks?
Which route of drug administration involves passing the drug through the cheeks?
Signup and view all the answers
What is pharmacology primarily concerned with?
What is pharmacology primarily concerned with?
Signup and view all the answers
Which of the following is NOT a route of enteral drug administration?
Which of the following is NOT a route of enteral drug administration?
Signup and view all the answers
What is the role of metabolism in pharmacokinetics?
What is the role of metabolism in pharmacokinetics?
Signup and view all the answers
Which barrier must a drug pass through during enteral drug administration?
Which barrier must a drug pass through during enteral drug administration?
Signup and view all the answers
