CPPS 304 EXAMPREP 2026 SOLVED
QUESTIONS FULL SOLUTION SET
โ Pharmacokinetics. Answer: what the body does to the drug
โ drug absoprtion. Answer: the passage of a drug from the site of
administration into the general circulation
โ pKa. Answer: the pH at which half of the drug is ionized
โ Bioavailability. Answer: the fraction of an orally given drug that
reaches circulation
โ clearance. Answer: the volume of blood from which a drug is
irreversibly removed per unit of time
โ volume of distribution. Answer: a theoretical volume in which the
total amount of administered drug should be uniformly distributed t
account for its plasma or blood concentration
โ half-life. Answer: the time it takes for half of the drug to be
metabolized by 50%
โ ion-trapping. Answer: acidic drug accumulates on the more basic side
and a basic drug accumulates on the more acidic side
