Module
4-Half Life
Introduction to pharmacokinetics
IV administration
Elimination Rate Constant
Volume of Distribution
Half Life
Total Body Clearance
Area Under The Curve
IV Drug Administration
Oral administration
Bioavailability and bioequivalence
Absorption rate constant
Oral drug administration
Steady state concept
Constant rate infusion
Multiple Drug Administration
Drug elimination
Renal Excretion of Drugs
Metabolite kinetics (I)
Metabolite kinetics (II)
Drug pharmacokinetics in renal dysfunction
Multiple compartment pharmacokinetics
Two compartment pharmacokinetic model (I)
Two compartment pharmacokinetic model (II)
Nonlinear pharmacokinetics
Intermittent IV infusions
Physiological approach to the clearance concept
Kinetics of the pharmacological effects
Therapeutic drug monitoring
Objectives
Introduction
Introduction
Definition of the half life
The relationship between the half life and the elimination rate constant
Determination of the half life
The mathematical expression that describes the drug conc-time profile
Effect of half-line on the plasma drug concentration-time profile
Summary
Plot
Plot
Linear
Semilog
Help
Questions
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Module
4-Half Life
Introduction to pharmacokinetics
IV administration
Elimination Rate Constant
Volume of Distribution
Half Life
Total Body Clearance
Area Under The Curve
IV Drug Administration
Oral administration
Bioavailability and bioequivalence
Absorption rate constant
Oral drug administration
Steady state concept
Constant rate infusion
Multiple Drug Administration
Drug elimination
Renal Excretion of Drugs
Metabolite kinetics (I)
Metabolite kinetics (II)
Drug pharmacokinetics in renal dysfunction
Multiple compartment pharmacokinetics
Two compartment pharmacokinetic model (I)
Two compartment pharmacokinetic model (II)
Nonlinear pharmacokinetics
Intermittent IV infusions
Physiological approach to the clearance concept
Kinetics of the pharmacological effects
Therapeutic drug monitoring
Objective
Introduction
Introduction
Definition of the half life
The relationship between the half life and the elimination rate constant
Determination of the half life
The mathematical expression that describes the drug conc-time profile
Effect of half-line on the plasma drug concentration-time profile
Summary
Plot
Plot
Linear
Semilog
Help
Questions
What is the half life of gentamicin if you know that its elimination rate constant is 0.231 hr-1 ?
1 -
2.3 hours
2 -
3.0 hours
3 -
6.0 hours
4 -
0.693 hour