Applied biopharmaceutics & pharmacokinetics / Leon Shargel, Andrew B.C. Yu.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction to biopharmaceutics and pharmacokinetics -- Mathematic fundamentals in pharmacokinetics -- Biostatistics -- One compartment open model : IV bolus injection -- Multicompartmental models : IV bolus injection -- Intravenous infusion -- Drug elimination and clearance -- Pharmacokinetics of oral absorption -- Multiple dosage regimens -- Nonlinear pharmacokinetics -- Physiologic drug distribution and protein binding -- Renal and hepatic elimination of drugs -- Pharmacogenetics and drug metabolism -- Physiologic factors related to drug absorption -- Biopharmaceutic considerations in drug product design -- Drug product performance, in vivo : bioavailability and bioequivalence -- Biopharmaceutic aspects of the active pharmaceutical ingredient and pharmaceutical equivalence -- Impact of biopharmaceutics on drug product quality and clinical efficacy -- Modified release drug products and drug devices -- Targeted drug delivery systems and biotechnology products -- Relationship between pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamics -- Application of pharmacokinetics in clinical situations -- Application of pharmacokinetics in specific populations -- Dosage adjustment in renal and hepatic disease -- Empirical models, mechanistic models, statistical moment and noncompartmental analysis.

The landmark textbook on the theoretical and practical applications of biopharmaceutics and pharmacokinetics-now fully updated