The lesson teaches the following:
The Effect of Food on Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics in the Treatment of GERD, Efficacy and Bioavailability
Efficacy:
Bioavailability:
Cmax:
AUC:
PDR Medical Dictionary First Edition. 1995 Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore MD. p204
PDR Medical Dictionary First Edition. 1995 Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore MD. p547
AUC = Area-Under-the-Curve
Bioavailability: The physiological availability of a given amount of a drug, as distinct from its chemical potency; proportion of the administered dose which is absorbed into the bloodstream.
Efficacy: The extent to which a specific intervention, procedure, regimen, or service produces a beneficial result under ideal conditions.