Pharmacokinetic Parameters of Drugs: A Simplified Approach to Study in Pharmacology

Abstract

Pharmacokinetics, sometimes described as what the body does to the drug or how the drugs are handled by the body. The parameters of pharmacokinetics (absorption, distribution, biotransformation and excretion) for various drugs are difficult to remember as these are available as scattered form in many Pharmacology books including the text books and the correlation among them was not shown clearly. For the first time, a table has been designed to accommodate and correlate all those parameters (absorption, distribution, biotransformation and excretion) of drugs under the same umbrella for the medical students and doctors. Antibiotics (Penicillins, Cephalosporins, Protein synthesis inhibitors, Macrolides, Aminoglycosides, Quinolones and Antitubercular drugs ) were introduced in this table as a sequential pattern for education and quick referencing.