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Pharmacokinetics Made Easy

Pharmacokinetics describes what the body does to a drug--absorption, distribution, metabolism, and execution. This is a critical subject, since it provides a basis for understanding how drugs produce their effects as well as how there can be different responses in different patients and/or different effects in the same patient at different times. This title concentrates on simply and clearly explaining the concepts important for an informed and rational approach to drug dosing and therapy. Its physiological approach allows a direct application of the concepts to practical issues in drug therapy. Mathematical approaches are avoided as much as possible, and equations are used as shorthand to describe the physiological factors underlying important pharmacokinetic processes. Self-assessment questions are provided with each chapter as well as a glossary of symbols used and important pharmacokineticrelationships.