Drug disposition and pharmacokinetics : from principles to applications /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Curry, Stephen H.
Other Authors:	Whelpton, Robin
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Chichester, West Sussex : Wiley-Blackwell, 2010.
Series:	Wiley online library.
Subjects:	Pharmacokinetics. Biopharmaceutics. Drugs > Metabolism. Pharmaceutical Preparations > metabolism. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Chemical introduction : sources, classification, and chemical properties of drugs
Drug administration and distribution
Drug elimination
Elementary pharmacokinetics
More complex and model independent pharmacokinetic models
Kinetics of metabolism and excretion
Further consideration of clearance, and physiological modelling
Drug formulation : bioavailability, bioequivalence and controlled-release preparations
Factors affecting plasma concentrations
Pharmacogenetics and pharmacogenomics
Developmental pharmacology and age-related phenomena
Effects of disease on drug disposition
Quantitative pharmacological relationships
Simultaneous measurement of concentrations and effect, and pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic (PK/PD) modelling
Drug monitoring in therapeutics
Drug interactions
Drug metabolism and pharmacokinetics in toxicology.