Introduction

Question 1

Pharmacokinetics

Answer 1

Pharma - drug

Kinetics - movement

What the body does to the drug

Question 2

Pharmacodynamics

Answer 2

The action of the drug on the body after a drug receptor complex is formed

Question 3

Pharmacokinetics involve the following processes:

Answer 3

ADME

Absorption, Distribution, Metabolism & Excretion

Question 4

Acidic drugs bind to

Answer 4

Albumen

Question 5

Basic drugs bind to

Answer 5

Glycoproteins and lipoproteins

Question 6

The main blood protein

Answer 6

Serum albumen

Question 7

Prodrug

Answer 7

A drug administered in its inactive form and remains inactive until it is metabolized by the liver.

Question 8

Inactive metabolite

Answer 8

Broken down by bile from gallbladder, carried to the intestines and excreted through the anus

Question 9

Active metabolite

Answer 9

Transported through the bloodstream, some binds to plasma protein (albumen and globulins) and the rest that gets away circulates

Question 10

Unbound drug

Answer 10

Amount that actually works. Bounds to receptors to treat

Question 11

Bound drug

Answer 11

Useless portion because it is bounded to proteins