CNUR 103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Extracellular Fluid, Tylenol (Brand), Paracetamol
11 Feb 2020
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Cnur 103 notes week 10 (medication administration. Drug names: every drug has 3 names, chemical, generic: acetaminophen, trade: tylenol. Pharmacotherapeutics: overall goal: administration of drugs for the purpose of disease prevention or treatment or relief of suffering. Included in that journey there are numerous physiologic process that will either impede or facilitate the medications travels: four aspects, absorption: common routes: oral, transdermal (skin), td, sq, im, iv. Factors affecting absorption: blood flow, medication formulation, size of dose, ionization of drug, drug- drug or drug-food interactions: distribution: how the pharmacologic agents are transported throughout the body. Influences to distribution: amount of blood flow to body tissue: metabolism: process of chemically converting a drug to a form that is easier to remove from the body. Kidneys and cells of the intestinal tract play some role in metabolism: excretion: removing the medication from the body. Liver and kidneys are primarily responsible for excretion.
