Explain 4 age-related effects of drugs (medications) on the older person and how you would adjust these effects with consultation with the Registered Nurse.
- Explain 4 age-related effects of drugs (medications) on the older person and how you would adjust these effects with consultation with the Registered Nurse. What we can do as an EN.
What happens to each
Ingestion, absorption,
Ingestion: The ingestion is a swallowing and digestibility process in the digestive tract. Swallowing and digestion slows down.
Absorption: The absorption of a drug or food is the absorption from the gut to the bloodstream. Bioavailability means that if the medicine is completely consumed by the body, the bio-availability of the pharmaceutical product is 100%. The ingestion to swallow medication.
Excretion: Any molecule ingested from the gut wall to the fluid beyond the intestine is absorbed into the hepatic portal vein.
Metabolism: The metabolism of the medicine reaches the liver from the vein. Often called first-pass metabolism. A food particle or medication becomes a pumping agent in the blood. Metabolism slows.
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