Pharmacokinetics Quiz

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Which route of drug administration provides rapid delivery of drug across the large surface area of mucous membranes of the respiratory tract and pulmonary epithelium?

Oral inhalation and nasal preparation (correct)

Intrathecal and intraventricular

Sublingual and buccal

IV, IM, SC, ID

What does pharmacokinetics refer to?

The study of drug movement throughout the body (correct)

The study of drug metabolism in the liver

The study of drug absorption in the gastrointestinal tract

The study of drug effects on the central nervous system

Why is it necessary to introduce drugs directly into the cerebrospinal fluid in some cases?

To increase drug absorption in the gastrointestinal tract

To reduce drug distribution in the body

To bypass the blood-brain barrier (correct)

To enhance drug metabolism in the liver

Which route of administration achieves systemic effects by application of drugs to the skin?

Transdermal Signup and view all the answers

Which process involves the movement of a drug into the bloodstream after administration?

Drug absorption Signup and view all the answers

What is the driving force for passive diffusion of a drug?

Concentration gradient Signup and view all the answers

Which organ is the primary site of drug metabolism?

Liver Signup and view all the answers

Which organ is the most important for drug excretion?

Kidney Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of a prodrug?

To improve drug pharmacokinetics Signup and view all the answers

What is the half-life of a drug?

The time it takes for the amount of drug in the body to be reduced by half Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of a loading dose?

To obtain therapeutic effects while reaching steady state Signup and view all the answers

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Which route of drug administration provides rapid delivery of drug across the large surface area of mucous membranes of the respiratory tract and pulmonary epithelium?

What does pharmacokinetics refer to?

Why is it necessary to introduce drugs directly into the cerebrospinal fluid in some cases?

Which route of administration achieves systemic effects by application of drugs to the skin?

Which process involves the movement of a drug into the bloodstream after administration?

What is the driving force for passive diffusion of a drug?

Which organ is the primary site of drug metabolism?

Which organ is the most important for drug excretion?

What is the purpose of a prodrug?

What is the half-life of a drug?

What is the purpose of a loading dose?

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