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Therapeutic serum level narrow range of medication in bloodstream that allows for desired results Toxic serum level greater than therapeutic dose range; increased adverse effects Under-therapeutic levels not enough drug for desired effect May contribute to drug resistant organisms What ...

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Therapeutic serum level ✅narrow range of medication in bloodstream that allows for
desired results

Toxic serum level ✅greater than therapeutic dose range; increased adverse effects

Under-therapeutic levels ✅not enough drug for desired effect

May contribute to drug resistant organisms

What affects absorption by oral and parenteral routes? ✅absorbed from gi tract to
body tissues

Diffuses across cell membrane

Assisted by carrier enzymes or proteins

Engulfed by cellular membranes (pinocytosis)

Protein binding ability ✅refers to the degree to which medications attach to proteins
within the blood

How does albumin levels affect drug levels in the bloodstream? ✅drugs usually attach
to albumin

Albumin levels can be affected by nutrition levels (usually low when mal-nurished)

Cyochrome p-450 importance ✅helps metabolize drugs

Grapefruit juice and cytochrome p-450 ✅the juice competes w. The drug to bind onto
p-450

Side effect ✅unintended but can be helpful/harmful

Adverse reaction ✅unexpected reaction, may be very harmful

Non-therapeutic

Agonists ✅drug binds to receptor
Creates a response- morphine stimulates opioid receptors

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