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How is the blood brain barrier different from ordinary capillaries?
does not allow free drug distribution, tight junctions limit drug movement out of capillaries. ABC transporters rapidly transport drug from brain back into the capillary
What is the equation for Vd?
Vd = D / Cp
Vd cannot exceed total body water (true/false)
false (Vd is an artificial concept and will exceed TBW if a drug is concentrated outside of the plasma compartment)
The larger the Vd the _________ a drug will stay in the body
longer
Albumin has a preference for acidic or basic drugs?
acidic
Alpha 1-acid glycoprotein has a preference for acidic or basic drugs?
basic
Protein binding _________ the rate of elimination
decreases
Albumin levels __________ with age
decrease