Definitions and Introduction. Flashcards
What is the bioavailability of a drug?
How much of the drug that gets from the site of administration to the biological target.
What does CRI stand for?
Continuous rate of infusion.
What does a continuous rate of infusion allow for?
To keep a constant amount of a drug within the body.
What is enteral administration?
When a drug is administered either orally or rectally.
What is an IMM injection?
An injection into the mammary gland.
What is an intramuscular injection?
An injection that is injected into the muscle.
What is an inter-osseus injection?
When something is injected into the bone.
What is intraperitoneal administration?
When a drug is injected into the abdominal cavity.
What are local drugs?
Drugs that only have an effect on the area where they are administered.
What is the metabolic bodyweight of an animal?
The logarithm of the bodyweight of the animal.
What are pharmacodynamics?
The interactions between a drug and a biological target.
What are pharmacokinetics?
The amount of a drug that reaches the target site.
What is the pKa of a drug?
This is whether the drug is acidic or basic.
What is subcutaneous administration?
This is when drugs are administered via an injection under the skin.
What are systemic drugs?
Drugs that have an effect across the entire body.
What is topical administration?
When a drug is administered by being placed on the skin.
What happens to drugs once they have been administered to an animal?
They follow a certain route to the area where they are needed to have an effect.
What is the name of the route that drugs follow from the site of administration to the area where they are needed to have an effect?
The route of administration.
What 3 things are determined by the route of administration?
How the drug gets into the body.
How the drug affects the body.
How the body gets rid of the drug.
Will the route of administration affect the pharmacokinetics or pharmacodynamics of a drug?
The pharmacokinetics.
What are the 4 main areas of pharmacokinetics?
Absorption of the drug.
Distribution of the drug.
Metabolism of the drug.
Elimination of the drug.
What area of pharmacokinetics is handled by the vet?
The absorption of the drug is administered by the vet.
What controls the distribution, metabolism and elimination of drugs?
The body.
