Bioavailability and Half-Life

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Bioavailability
the rate at which a drug makes it to its destination and becomes available to the site of action for which it is intended
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Half-Life
the amount of time it takes the body to break down and excrete one half of a drug
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First Pass Effect
all drugs absorbed by the GI tract enter the portal blood supply, and go directly to the liver
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