PK Overview: PK & ADME

Question 1

Pharmacokinetics

Answer 1

• how the drug concentration changes over time as the drug is moved through your body
• What your body does to the drug (ADME)

Question 2

biodisposition

Answer 2

synonyms for pharmacokinetics

Question 3

metabolism synonyms

Answer 3

biotransformation (making it more polar for elimination)

Question 4

What are the steps in pharmacokinetics?

Answer 4

route of administration (IV, IM, ORAL)–>ABSORPTION–>Systemic circulation–>DISTRIBUTION–>target tissues (effect)–>METABOLISM–>@Liver–>ELIMINATION–>urine

Question 5

Pharmacodynamics