PSYC 3403 Lecture Notes - Rectal Administration, Sublingual Administration, Triazolam

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 3403
• Professor: Tarry Ahuja

Document Summary

Pharmacokinetics: how drugs are handled by the body. Assignment: 2-3 recent journal articles for info (2010 or newer). Must have a clear take home message including support groups. March 7th due focus on a drugs specifically, not food, steroids, sex or gambling. Done as an abstract style not a brochure. Simply summarizes all of the info in the article in one little paragraph. Overview: drug distribution, termination of drug action, time course of drug distribution (half-life, drug tolerance and dependence, drug absorption/administration. Pharmacokinetics in greek: pharmacon means drug and kinetikos means putting in motion, the study of time dependency. Pharmacokinetics: is the time course of a particular drug"s actions. We need to know when something was consumed and how long it lasts in order to know when to take another dose. Prescription drugs are the most abused drug currently this year. Then you take a 2nd one that puts you in the therapeutic range.