Week One Assignment Questions

Homework is to be presented as a short (50-100-word) paragraph response for each question. The assignment is to be submitted as a Microsoft Word document electronically to the instructor.

Which dosage forms are most appropriate for administering drugs to pediatric patients? Adults?
What are the processes involved in disintegration and dissolution?
Give a definition of pharmacokinetics.
Examine the processes of absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion, and explain why they occur in this order.
What determines the absorption ability of a drug?
Give a definition of the term pharmacodynamics.
Compare the different ways drugs can interact with the body, depending on their mechanism of action.
What relationship is there between drug response relationships, serum-concentration profile, and drug manufacturing?
How does an adverse effect of a drug occur? What are the causes of some drug-drug interactions?
APA format is not required, but solid academic writing is expected.

By admin in Essays on October 28, 2016