Pharmacokinetics for Dummies

What Is Pharmacokinetics

Definition of Pharmacokinetics is "The study of the bodily absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion of drugs". In other words, pharmacokinetics describes what happens to a drug when given to a patient.

Basic Pharmacokinetics Questions

• How do I give a drug?
• Is it absorbed?
• How much is absorbed
• Where does it go?
• How long does it stay there?
• How often do I have to give it?
• How does it leave the body?

What pharmacokinetics studies: administration, absorption, distribution, metabolism, excretion.

 

Sources

• Emma Meagher, MD. Fundamentals of Pharmacology. Coursera