Exam 4: Pharmacokinetics

List factors that increase the absorption of a drug?

Side effects with drugs are more common:

The main organ of metabolism is the kidney.

A drug with a long half-life of 24 hours will generally be dosed very frequently such as every 6 hours.

Why is azithromycin dosed with 2 tablets on day one and 1 tablet on days 2 to 5?

The four processes of pharmacokinetics are administration, distribution, metabolism and elimination.

The movement of a drug from an area of higher concentration to an area of lower concentration is called:

Enterohepatic recirculation will result in the drug being eliminated from the body faster.

When orally administered drugs proceed directly to the liver to be metabolized prior to being distributed throughout the body, this is called:

Active transport involves the passive transportation of a substance down the concentration gradient, from high concentration to low concentration.