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Pharmacology Quiz 1
Pharmacokinetics and Routes of Administration
Question | Answer |
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This refers to how medication travels through the body | Pharmacokinetics |
When medications are in the body, there are four things that can occur via a biochemical process | Aborption, distribution, metabolism and secretion |
Transmission of medications from the location of administration to the bloodstream | Absorption |
Locations of administration where absorption takes place... | GI tract, muscle, skin, or SC tissue |
The two most common routes of administration are: | Eneteral (through GI tract) or parental (by injection) |