The recipient of a doctor of pharmacy degree from the University of Michigan, Ashkan Khabazian has served as an emergency department clinical pharmacist at Sharp HealthCare since 2009. In this role, Dr. Ashkan Khabazian draws upon his knowledge of therapeutic options to provide the right medicine to patients in critical condition. He is also versed in pharmacokinetics.
Pharmacokinetics informs the optimal dose regimen chosen and administered by clinical pharmacists. Put simply, it's the study of how the body reacts to a particular drug, and includes the relationship between plasma drug concentration and time; how the drugs are removed from the body; and the rate of drug absorption, and how it's distributed to body tissues.
The four primary processes in pharmacokinetics are absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion, the latter two of which are critical as routes of drug elimination. Drugs that aren't absorbed intravenously must cross tissue membranes like the capillary wall and gut endothelium to enter the blood. Absorption via the administration of an oral dosage is often incomplete due to a variety of hazards.
These four pharmacokinetic processes determine the frequency of prescribed doses, the duration of the drug in a patient's blood, and how long before repeated doses reach a plateau.
Pharmacokinetics informs the optimal dose regimen chosen and administered by clinical pharmacists. Put simply, it's the study of how the body reacts to a particular drug, and includes the relationship between plasma drug concentration and time; how the drugs are removed from the body; and the rate of drug absorption, and how it's distributed to body tissues.
The four primary processes in pharmacokinetics are absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion, the latter two of which are critical as routes of drug elimination. Drugs that aren't absorbed intravenously must cross tissue membranes like the capillary wall and gut endothelium to enter the blood. Absorption via the administration of an oral dosage is often incomplete due to a variety of hazards.
These four pharmacokinetic processes determine the frequency of prescribed doses, the duration of the drug in a patient's blood, and how long before repeated doses reach a plateau.
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