Basic Pharmacokinetic Concepts

A Self-Instructional "Pharmacokinetics" Tutorial

This "Pharmacokinetics" tutorial consists of 23 modules

Mohsen A. Hedaya, Pharm.D., Ph.D.

This tutorial covers the following topics

  • Introduction to Pharmacokinetics
  • IV Bolus Administration
    • Elimination Rate Constant
    • Volume of Distribution
    • Half Life
    • Total Body Clearance
    • Area Under the Curve
    • IV Bolus Administration
  • Oral Administration
    • Bioavailability
    • Absorption Rate Constant
    • Oral Administration
  • The Steady State Concept
    • Constant Rate IV Infusion
    • Multiple Drug Administration
  • Drug Elimination
    • Renal Drug Elimination
    • Metabolite Kinetics I
    • Metabolite Kinetics II
  • Drug Pharmacokinetics in Renal Dysfunction
  • Multiple Compartment Pharmacokinetics
    • Multiple Compartment Models (I)
    • Multiple Compartment Models (II)
  • Nonlinear Pharmacokinetics
  • Intermittent IV Infsuion
  • Physiological Approach to Hepatic Drug Clearance
  • Kinetics of the Pharmacological Effect
  • Therapeutic Drug Monitoring