Enternal
:~~ referring to a route of medication administration that uses the
gastrointestinal tract, such as swallowing a pill
Parenteral
:~~ outside of intestines or alimentary canal; popularly used to refer to
injection routes
Topical
:~~ applied to the surface of the skin and seems i...
✓ :~~ The process by which nutrient molecules pass through the wall of the
digestive system into the blood
half-life
✓ :~~ The amount of time for half of the drug to be metabolized away.
Distribution
✓ :~~ It is the transfer of a drug from one location to another within the
body. Once a drug enters into systemic circulation by absorption or direct
administration, it must be distributed into interstitial and intracellular
fluids.
Metabolism
✓ :~~ Drug metabolism is the metabolic breakdown of drugs by living
organisms, usually through specialized enzymatic systems.
Excretion
✓ :~~ Process by which metabolic wastes (drugs and drug waste products,
too) are eliminated from the body
onset
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