PSY 214 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Rectal Administration, Psychopharmacology, Portal Vein
18 Mar 2015
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Factors or things that effect the amount of drug in our body and the ability for it to get to our brain. How much of that drug is available in a body, free floating around. How much free drug is there to exert its effect? act on our brain. It attempts to discover the fate of a drug from the moment that it is administered up to the point at which it is completely eliminated from the body. Pharmacokinetic properties of drugs may be affected by elements such as the site of administration and the dose of administered drug. Oral, intravenous, intraperitoneal (lining of abdominal cavity), subcutaneous, intramuscular (injections), inhalation (smoking) Eyes, vaginal lining, rectal lining (mucous membrane) Membranes of oral cavity, gastrointestinal tract, peritoneum, skin, muscles, lungs. Once the drug gets into our blood, what happens to it. Different organs in the body break down the drug differently. reaction, so an alternate method is required.
