NURS 2050 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Cerebrospinal Fluid, Lipid Bilayer, Dosage Form
11 Apr 2013
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Pharmacokinetics: the study of how medications enter the body, reach the site of action, metabolize and exit the body. Case examples: an elderly male admitted with cap. He"s getting levofloxacin 500 mg iv once daily and is switched to 500 mg po after he has improved clinically. 3. a 42 year old female with nephrolithiasis who received morphine 2. 5 mg iv q4h and is discharged from the er with a prescription for 10 mg po q4h of morphine ir. Answer: it has a lower bioavailability via mouth: a 72 year old male admitted with rhabdomyolysis. The physician reviews his usual medications and writes an order to hold simvastatin & erythromycin . why did the physician specifically hold these two drugs: absorption: Movement of a drug from its site of administration to the blood. The fraction of unchanged drug reaching the systemic circulation after administration by any route.
