Med school quote of the day:

[emberlivi]

Oral and rectal bioavailability.

That is all :)

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Jennie

Comments

[graycie23]

Um. Does this have something to do with the fact that the mouth and anus are the beginning and end of one long tube? And they are evolutionarily interchangeable, kinda?

Nevermind. =)

[emberlivi]

Hehehe. It's from my first pharmacology lecture :)

The bioavailability (the amount of the drug, unchanged, which makes it into the systemic circulation) of a drug depends upon the route administered. Drugs administered orally or rectally have a decreased bioavailability.

I snickered when my proff said that rectal bioavailability is erratic.

[graycie23]

I see. Like you don't give peptide-based medications orally, because your body thinks, "mmm chicken"

Rectal bioavailability. Yeah, there's something a little wrong with that. Also, at 27 (or close enough), immature giggling is to be relished and enjoyed.

[emberlivi]

It is! :) I'm glad stuff like that still makes me giggle. I don't think I'm old enough to have a serious face.

[dlayphoto]

Best. Post. Ever.

[emberlivi]

Indeed? Hahaha.