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IonizedSome drugs are made up of several elements combined to make the drug which has no charge (neither plus or minus). If these drugs can be ionized, they can split into two parts. One of the parts carries a plus charge (+) while the other part has a negative charge (-). A simple example is table salt or sodium chloride (NaCl) which can become ionized in water. NaCl is an inorganic compound.

NaCl = Na+ + Cl-

[the pluses and minuses should be positioned higher like the number for a footnote]

NonionizedOther types of drugs such as organic compounds don't ionize. The molecules in their structures are stuck together in such a way that they do not separate into parts. An example of a nonionized compound is benzene.
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Why are drugs in solid form unlikely to be absorbed in the stomach to any significant extent?

Only the lipid soluble non-ionized form of a drug can diffuse across the membrane. The pH is low in the stomach. For the acidic drugs, they are non-ionized at low pH yet they are poorly soluble. For the basic drugs, they are soluble yet ionized.


Are ionized molecules less reactive than non-ionized molecules?

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Why can't basic drugs be absorbed in the stomach?

The drug is mainly in its ionized form and its ionized form cannot be absorbed.


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An unionized drug tends to be lipophilic (and hence, would be hydrophobic). Thus, an ionized drug on the other hand would be lipophobic (i.e. the opposite of lipophilic), lipid-hating.


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A drug has pKa 5. at which PH it will be 99.9 percent ionized?

To determine at which pH a drug will be 99.9% ionized, we need to consider the Henderson-Hasselbalch equation. The pH at which a drug is 99.9% ionized can be estimated by finding the pH value that is one unit above the pKa of the drug. Therefore, in this case, the drug will be 99.9% ionized at a pH of 6.


Why do mole drug molecules have both water-soluble and oil-soluble functional groups?

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