Chapter 16
Routes of Excretion
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Routes of Excretion
Student Objectives for this Chapter
After completing the material in this chapter each student should:-
- be able to describe the various routes by which a drug may be
excreted from the body
- understand the parameter renal clearance and its relationship with the excretion processes in the kidney
- understand the influence of renal disease on drug elimination
- be able to calculate suitable drug dosage regimen for patients with impaired
renal function based on a
or a Cpmin/Cpmax approach
The major routes of drug excretion described in this Chapter are renal, biliary, pulmonary and salivary.
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