Ch 4. Pharmacokinetics

Question 1

What is the study of drug movement throughout the body?

Answer 1

pharmacokinetics

Question 2

What determines the movement for most drugs throughout the body?

Answer 2

dependent on drug’s ability to penetrate membranes directly.

Question 3

What are the 3 ways to cross a cell membrane?

Answer 3

• channels and pores
• transport systems like p-glycoproteins
• direct penteration of the membrane.

Question 4

What type of transmembrane protein that transports a wide variety of drugs OUT of cells?

Answer 4

p-glycoproteins

Question 5

What are the common used routes for administration?

Answer 5

parenteral, enteral, IM & subcutaneous