Basic Pharmacokinetics

Description:

Basic Pharmacokinetics provides an understanding of the principles of pharmacokinetics and biopharmaceutics and of how these principles can be applied to achieve successful drug therapy.

Contents:

1. Introduction and Overview 2. Mathematical Review 3. Intravenous Bolus Administration 4. Clearance Concepts 5. Drug Absorption From the Gastrointestinal Tract 6. Extravascular Routes of Drug Administration 7. Bioavilability/bioequivalence 8. Factors Affecting Drug Absorption 9. Gastrointestinal Absorption 10. Continuous Intravenous Infusion 11. Multiple Dosing: Intravenous Bolus Administration 12. Multiple Dosing: Extravascular Routes of Drug Administration 13. Two-compartment Model 14. Multiple Intermittent Infusions 15. Non-linear Pharmacokinetics 16. Metabolite Pharmacokinetics 17. Drug Interactions 18. Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamic Relationships 19. Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics of Biotechnology Drugs 20. Pharmacokinetic Data Fitting