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- After taking the medicine, how long will the drug be absorbed?
- How is the drug absorbed by the body?
When you are sick, whether it's a minor one or not, of course you will be given medication from a doctor to relieve the symptoms you are experiencing. But actually when you take medicine, when is the drug absorbed by the body and then work to deal with the pain you experience? What affects the absorption of the drug in the body?
After taking the medicine, how long will the drug be absorbed?
Drugs have their own way of working to respond to disorders that occur in the body. in addition, the recommendations for taking different medications will also affect the effectiveness of their work on the pain you are suffering from. Normally, after you take the drug, the drug will enter your blood vessels for about 30 minutes to 6 hours, depending on the type of medicine. The following are things that affect the speed at which a drug is absorbed by the body, namely:
- Solubility, solution or liquid type of drug is absorbed more easily and quickly compared to tablet drugs.
- The method of administering drugs is not only taken by mouth, but drugs can enter the body in various ways such as being injected directly through a vein, inserted through the anus, or by inhaling.
- The body's ability to empty the stomach.
Giving drugs by inhalation - as is done when the patient is given an anesthetic - is the method by which the drug is absorbed the fastest by the body. This is due to the type of drug that easily enters the body. Meanwhile, administering drugs by mouth is the slowest way in the process of drug absorption, because drugs must be processed and digested first and must go through a fairly long digestive process.
How is the drug absorbed by the body?
Shortly after you take the drug, the drug will actually be absorbed by the body in different ways. The following are the types of drug absorption:
- Passive diffusion, the drug that is absorbed in this way does not require energy in the absorption process. So that the body's cells do not need to try to produce energy first so that the drug can be absorbed. Aspirin is an example of a drug that is absorbed in this way. Apart from not requiring energy in the process of absorption, aspirin also enters the body system more quickly because it is acidic. So that when it is in the stomach and meets stomach acid, the drug will immediately react and be absorbed.
- Active transport, in contrast to passive diffusion which does not require energy, the process of absorption of drugs in this way requires energy. The types of substances that are absorbed in this way are ions, vitamins, sugars, and amino acids. The absorption process occurs in the small intestine.
- PinocytosisVery little drug is absorbed into the body system in this way. The process of pinocytosis also requires energy and can only be done if the drug is in liquid form.
