DRUG ROUTES OF ADMINISTRATION
ALCOHOL
What is Oral
Routes OF ADMINSTRATION
What is the site where a drug is taken or how a drug is taken.
Oral
Among the safest, most convenient, and most economical routes of administration.
METABOLISM
What is enzymes in the liver play the major part in drug metabolism?
SOLUBILITY
The ease with which a compound ca be dissolved or entered into a solution
DISTRIBUTION
What is process by which circulating drugs are transported to cellular and tissue sites of action?
Drug Dose
Is computed according to a persons body weight
FIRST-PASS-EFFECT
What is enzymes in the GI tract break down a drug to some degree. Therefore less drug than was administered is eventually distributed to its sits of action?
BIOAVAILABILITY
What is tells us about drug effects.
Determine Desired Dose
It is expressed in milligrams of drug per kilogram (mg/kg) of body weight.
Subcutaneous
Easiest of the three injection routes to use.
HALF-LIFE
What is the amount of time that must pass for the amount of drug in the body to be reduced by half?
SIDE EFFECTS
What is effects of a drug other than those of central interest; other than therapeutic effects of medication?
NUMBER OF ADMINISTRATION ROUTES
What is 8 administration routes
Sublingual
May be used for many drugs in pill form. Results in faster and more efficient absorption than oral administration.
THE KIDNEY
What is the most important organ for excretion of both drugs and their metabolites?
THE HEART, BRAIN KIDNEY, AND LIVER
What is they receive a lot of blood and get major portions of the drug shortly after absorption.
BBB
What is the Blood Brain Barrier that filters out toxins from the blood before they reach the brain
Transdermal
An alternative to the oral route when a drug may cause unwanted gastrointestinal effects.
THE BLOOD
What is the vehicle of blood distribution?