NURS 14 Lecture 1: Class notes
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Inhaled: subcutaneous, a lot of fat tissue and less blood flow so it takes longer for the drug to be distributed throughout the body. Intramuscular: since muscles have a lot of blood flow the drug is distributed quickly, this does cause a lot of bruising. It can also decrease the absorption of the medication: * note that there are databases that will help you determine all of this online, mobility. If (cid:455)ou gi t(cid:396)a(cid:272)t does(cid:374)"t (cid:373)o(cid:448)e o(cid:396) (cid:449)o(cid:396)k the (cid:373)eds (cid:449)o(cid:374)"t (cid:272)o(cid:373)e in contact with the tissues, it needs to in order to be absorbed: also the length of the gut can effect absorption (short. The stuff bound to the p(cid:396)otei(cid:374) is(cid:374)"t a(cid:271)le to (cid:272)a(cid:396)(cid:396)(cid:455) out the jo(cid:271) of the d(cid:396)ug; o(cid:374)l(cid:455) (cid:449)he(cid:374) the d(cid:396)ug is free can it do its job. One medication might work better for one person over another: ex. 1 warfarin is a medication that can be given to prevent blood clots.
