Pharmacological and parenteral Therapies

The movement and effect of medicine in our bodies

In this route medication must pass through the layer of epithelial cells that line the GI tract

This also can affect the medication metabolism

This has a factor of solubility of the medication in water

When __________ two medications, it can alter the metabolism of one or both

The only route with no barriers

In intravenous route: it enters directly into the blood

• Immediate

• Complete

In intravenous route: reaches the blood entirely

• Immediate

• Complete

Can metabolize a particular medication sooner, requiring an increase in the dosage of that medication to maintain a therapeutic level

Patients with these can be deficient in the factors that are necessary to produce specific medication-metabolizing enzymes, thus impairing medication metabolism