NUR 300 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Chemical Formula, Buccal Administration, Body Surface Area
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Drug nomenclature: chemical- molecular formula, generic the manufacturer who first develops the drug assigns the name, trade brand. Capsule, pill, tablet, extended release (breaks down somewhere else), suspension, syrup: topical. Drug classifications: effect on the body, chemical composition, clinical indication or therapeutic action. Pharmacokinetics as the basis of medication actions: study of how medication enter the boy, absorbed and distributed, reach site of action, alter physiological functions, are metabolized, exit the body, absorption. Passage of medication molecules into the blood from the site of administration. Has to go to blood stream to take effect: distribution. After absorption, distribution occurs within the body to tissues, organs, and specific sites of action. Physical and chemical properties of the medication. Physiology of the person taking it (circulation, membrane permeability, protein binding) Albumin acts a transport for a lot of medication: metabolism. Medications are metabolized into a less potent or an inactive form.
