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Pharmacokinetics The process in which medications move through
the body
What are the 4 phases of absorption, distribution, metabolism, excretion
pharmacokinetics?
Absorption happens with drug movement from the GI tract into
the bloodstream. Most meds are taken by mouth.
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Oral absorption Takes awhile to get absorbed because it has to go
through the GI system
Usually takes 2-4 hours
•Enteric coated
aspirin - hard on stomach
can not crush pill
•Extended release
absorbed in the small intestine
IM absorption Absorbed 1-2 hours
IV absorption Absorbed 30-60 minutes
dissolution Dissolution happens when a po medication breaks
down into particles, disintegrates, and dissolves to
combine with liquid so absorption from the GI tract
into the bloodstream occurs.
Liquid medications are absorbed faster than solids.
Food can interfere with the absorption of drugs.
Drugs that resist dissolution Parenteral medications (SL, eyedrops, inhalants,
transdermal) do not pass through the GI tract.
Enteric coated medications are designed to resist
disintegration until the pill reaches the small
intestine. EC and sustained release meds should
not be crushed.
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Factors that affect absorption •Lack of muscle and increased fat changes
medicine absorption
•Food consumption - will change medicine
potency (delayed)
•Stress - Exercise, medicine goes to muscle
•pH - Medicine is made for acidic environments
•Antacid changes absorption
•Taken alone so it doesn't change the action
Excipients Fillers and other substances that make up tablets as
a pill is not 100% drug.
Sometimes an excipient enhances the absorption
of a drug such as with PCN, which is not well
absorbed from the GI tract.
Adding Na to PCN, which makes it penicillin
sodium, will increase the absorption of PCN
first pass effect •the oral drugs go to liver via portal vein where
some of the drug becomes inactive
•Only happens with oral medications
delayed gastric emptying Food doesn't move like it should
Distribution refers to the movement of the drug from the
circulation to body tissues
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Terms in this set (103)
Pharmacokinetics The process in which medications move through
the body
What are the 4 phases of absorption, distribution, metabolism, excretion
pharmacokinetics?
Absorption happens with drug movement from the GI tract into
the bloodstream. Most meds are taken by mouth.
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Oral absorption Takes awhile to get absorbed because it has to go
through the GI system
Usually takes 2-4 hours
•Enteric coated
aspirin - hard on stomach
can not crush pill
•Extended release
absorbed in the small intestine
IM absorption Absorbed 1-2 hours
IV absorption Absorbed 30-60 minutes
dissolution Dissolution happens when a po medication breaks
down into particles, disintegrates, and dissolves to
combine with liquid so absorption from the GI tract
into the bloodstream occurs.
Liquid medications are absorbed faster than solids.
Food can interfere with the absorption of drugs.
Drugs that resist dissolution Parenteral medications (SL, eyedrops, inhalants,
transdermal) do not pass through the GI tract.
Enteric coated medications are designed to resist
disintegration until the pill reaches the small
intestine. EC and sustained release meds should
not be crushed.
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Factors that affect absorption •Lack of muscle and increased fat changes
medicine absorption
•Food consumption - will change medicine
potency (delayed)
•Stress - Exercise, medicine goes to muscle
•pH - Medicine is made for acidic environments
•Antacid changes absorption
•Taken alone so it doesn't change the action
Excipients Fillers and other substances that make up tablets as
a pill is not 100% drug.
Sometimes an excipient enhances the absorption
of a drug such as with PCN, which is not well
absorbed from the GI tract.
Adding Na to PCN, which makes it penicillin
sodium, will increase the absorption of PCN
first pass effect •the oral drugs go to liver via portal vein where
some of the drug becomes inactive
•Only happens with oral medications
delayed gastric emptying Food doesn't move like it should
Distribution refers to the movement of the drug from the
circulation to body tissues
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