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Where can the rate of absorption be found? - answer✔before the Cmax/Tmax
Where can the rate of elimination be found? - answer✔after the Cmax/Tmax
AUC - answer✔area under the curve; extent of absorption
Where can the extent of absorption be found? - answer✔area under the curve
ka - answer✔absorption rate
K - answer✔elimination rate; partition
What is the equation for the plasma vs time curve? - answer✔dX/dt = kaXa - KX
What happens when ka is increased? - answer✔elimination: same rate
Tmax: decreases
Cmax: increases
AUC: same
What happens to K when ka is increased? - answer✔stays the same (same elimination rate)
What happens to Tmax when ka is increased? - answer✔decreases (reaches Cmax faster)
What happens to Cmax when ka is increased? - answer✔increases
What happens to the extent of absorption when ka is increased? - answer✔stays the same
(AUC is equal)
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