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What are the factors affecting bioavailability of orally administered drug?

Many factors can contribute to affect the bioavailability of the orally administered drugs. Briefly, these includes gastric emptying rate, intestinal transit time, hepatic fir… (MORE)

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In Ibuprofen

What is the bioavailability of Advil gel caps vs their regular pill?

While I am not intimate with the raw data for this, you can be certain that a major pharmaceutical firm would not provide pills or gel caps at the identical dose unless there … (MORE)

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Factors affecting bioavailability?

The absolute bioavailability of a drug, when administered by an extravascular route, is usually less than one (i.e. F higher nifedipine concentrations Individual Variation in… (MORE)

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In Elements and Compounds

How bioavailable and useful is TriCalcium Phosphate as a form of dietary Calcium in humans?

The design was randomized crossover, within-subject. The subjects were 25 healthy premenopausal women in an academic health sciences center. Two commercially marketed calcium-… (MORE)

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In Health

What is the bioavailability of a drug?

Bioavailability of a drug is the amount of the drug that is available for use by the body after it has been metabolised by the liver.

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In Elements and Compounds

What is bioavailability of ethanol?

Ethanol is a form of alcohol. Bioavailability is the extent and rate of a subtance's entry into the body's circulation system, so bioavailability of ethanol refers to the exte… (MORE)

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In Drug Safety

What are bioavailability enhancers?

Pharamceutical agents which used in formulation to enhance the absorptuion of drug (through gastro intestinal tract) and hence its concentration in blood are called bioavailab… (MORE)

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In Vitamins and Supplements

What is the percent of bioavailability of a folate supplement taken on an empty stomach?

Bioavailability refers to the amount of a vitamin that is absorbedand used by the body. When a folate supplement is taken on an emptystomach, the bioavailability is 100 percen… (MORE)

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In Metal and Alloys

Is the bioavailability of calcium in calcium-fortied orange juice comparable to that of milk?

Calcium is calcium. Your body doesn't know or care if it came from milk, orange juice, or chalk however the presence of vitamin D appears to help with absorption.

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What is bioavailability as it applies to orally administered drugs?

In layman's terms, bio-availability applies to "how much of this drug, when administered orally, is actually absorbed?" I.e how much of the drug is "available" for the body to… (MORE)