Prolonged-Action Preparation:

Terms Related to Prolonged-Action Preparation

• Drug Carrier

  Forms to which substances are incorportated to improve the delivery and the effectiveness of drugs. Drug carriers are used in drug-delivery systems such as the ...

• Dosage Form

  Completed forms of the pharmaceutical preparation in which prescribed doses of medication are included. They are designed to resist action by gastric fluids, prevent vomiting ...

• Drug Kinetics

  Dynamic and kinetic mechanisms of exogenous chemical and drug absorption, biotransformation, distribution, release, transport, uptake, and elimination as a function of dosage, and extent and ...

• Bioavailability

  The extent to which the active ingredient of a drug dosage form becomes available at the site of drug action or in a biological medium ...