title: Basic pharmacokinetics.
abstract: This review attempts to deal with the basic principles required to interpret the ever-increasing clinically relevant pharmacokinetic studies. Factors governing drug absorption, distribution and elimination are discussed, as are the terms pharmacodynamics, exponentials, half-life and clearance.
mesh_terms: D000042:Absorption; D006207:Half-Life; D007700:Kinetics; D008954:Models, Biological; D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000378:metabolism*; D010600:Pharmacology
chemical_list: D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations