Pharmacology 2060A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Enteric Coating, Pharmacokinetics, Lipophilicity
15 May 2016
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Module objectives: to understand the basic processes involved in pharmacokinetics, to appreciate the difference between enteral and parenteral, to understand the advantages and disadvantages of various routes of administration. Is defined the study of drug movement in the body. Is what the body does to the drug. Pharmacokinetics is composed of four basic processes: adme what the body does to the drug. Drug absorption is the movement of the drug from the site of administration into the blood. The rate of absorption determines how quickly the drug effect will occur. The amount of drug absorption determines how intense the effect of the drug will be. Absorption: rate of dissolution, surface area to which the drug is applied, blood flow, lipid solubility of the drug, ph partitioning, activity of drug transport proteins, rate of. The tablet is dissolved into the water; drugs must be dissolved before t goes into our body. Drugs must dissolve before they can be absorbed.
