Pharmacokinetics

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Pharmacokinetics refers to the study of how a drug is absorbed, distributed, metabolized, and eliminated by the body.

Drug absorption: The process by which drugs enter the body and reach their target site.
Drug distribution: The way in which drugs are transported from the site of absorption to their target site.
Drug metabolism: The process by which drugs are broken down by enzymes in the body.
Drug elimination: The process by which drugs are removed from the body.
Bioavailability: The proportion of a drug that reaches and stays in the bloodstream to produce an effect.
Half-life: The time it takes for half of the drug to be eliminated from the body.
Clearance: The measure of how efficiently the body eliminates a drug.
Dose-response relationship: The relationship between the dose of a drug administered and the biological response produced.
Therapeutic index: The ratio of the dose of a drug required to produce a therapeutic effect to the dose that causes toxicity.
Drug interactions: The effect of one drug on the pharmacokinetics of another drug.
Absorption: The process by which a drug is absorbed into the bloodstream from its site of administration.
Distribution: The movement of drugs throughout the body and into different tissues and organs.
Metabolism: The process by which the body breaks down drugs into smaller molecules that can be eliminated.
Excretion: The elimination of drugs and their metabolites from the body through urine, feces, breath, and sweat.
Bioavailability: The amount of a drug that reaches the systemic circulation and is available to exert its pharmacological effect.
Clearance: The rate at which a drug is eliminated from the body.
Half-life: The time required for the amount of drug in the body to be reduced by 50%.
Steady state: The point at which the rate of drug administration equals the rate of elimination, resulting in a constant drug concentration in the body.
Protein binding: The degree to which a drug binds to proteins in the blood, which can affect its pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics.
First pass metabolism: The initial metabolism of a drug that occurs in the liver before it enters systemic circulation.
Enterohepatic circulation: The recycling of drugs between the liver and intestine, which can prolong their half-lives and affect their pharmacokinetics.
Tissue accumulation: The accumulation of a drug in certain tissues or organs due to factors such as lipid solubility and blood flow.
Seasonal pharmacokinetics: Seasonal changes in the body's absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion of drugs due to changes in factors such as temperature and daylight hours.
"Pharmacokinetics is a branch of pharmacology dedicated to determining the fate of substances administered to a living organism."
"The substances of interest include any chemical xenobiotic such as: pharmaceutical drugs, pesticides, food additives, cosmetics, etc."
"It attempts to analyze chemical metabolism and to discover the fate of a chemical from the moment that it is administered up to the point at which it is completely eliminated from the body."
"Pharmacokinetics is the study of how an organism affects a drug, whereas pharmacodynamics (PD) is the study of how the drug affects the organism."
"Both together influence dosing, benefit, and adverse effects, as seen in PK/PD models."