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What does Pharmacokinetics study?
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When a drug enters the body, the body begins immediately to work on the drug: absorption, distribution, metabolism (biotransformation), and elimination.
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How many types of kinetics of absorption are there?
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2, of first order and of zero order
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Explain the two types of kinetics of absorption.
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Of first order: from the site of drug administration, the absorption equals plasmatic concentrations.
Zero Order: from the site of drug administration, absorption is a constant and independent from plasmatic concentration. Caracterized by fixed drugs of maintained liberation. |
