Other terms
- Pharmacovigilance
- Phase I
- Phase II
- Phase III
- Phase IV
- PI (Principal Investigator or Primary Investigator)
- Placebo
- Placebo Controlled Study
- Polymyositis
- Pompe Disease
- Posterior Segment
- Postmenopausal Osteoporosis
Pharmacokinetics
Pharmacokinetics is the process that refers to the movement of a pharmaceutical product into, through, and out of a living organism. It describes how the body affects a drug or vaccine.
Drugs undergo four phases in the process of pharmacokinetics:
- Absorption
- Distribution
- Metabolism
- Excretion.
The rate at which the drug is eliminated from the body is dependent on pharmacokinetics. Analysis and the understanding of pharmacokinetics guide drug development and therapeutic decision-making.
Source: Kufe, D. W., MD, Pollock, R. E., MD, Weichselbaum, R. R., MD, Bast, R. C., Jr, & Gansler, T. S., MD. (2003). Holland-Frei Cancer6 Medicine Review (6th ed.). Pmph USA Ltd. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK12815/
