Drug

High school (ages 12+)
Human Body

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/drug

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the pharmacokinetic considerations?Administration routes significantly impact drug absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion (ADME)
2. What is the therapeutic applications?Drugs are utilized for treatment, cure, prevention, diagnosis, and health promotion
3. What are drugs and how do they help our bodies?Drugs are tiny chemical helpers that can change how our bodies work, making us feel better or helping us grow.
4. Where do drugs come from?Many drugs come from plants that people have used for a long time, and scientists also make new ones in labs.

Pharmacokinetics: The study of how the body absorbs, distributes, metabolizes, and excretes drugs.
Bioavailability: The fraction of an administered drug dose that reaches the systemic circulation unchanged.
Agonist: A substance that binds to a receptor and activates it, producing a biological response.