Nu 306 pharm - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

half-life - the time required for the amount of drug in the body to decrease one half of the peak level first-pass effect - a phenomenon of oral drug metabolism whereby the concentration of a drug is greatly reduced in the liver before it reaches the systemic circulation; drugs given IV bypass this effect bacteriostatic vs. bactericidal - bacteriostatic inhibits the proliferation of bacteria while bactericidal kills bacteria cross-sensitivity - a sensitivity reaction to a drug that predisp...