Pharmacokinetics describes the way the:
a. drug affects the body.
b. drug's effect lasts in the person's system.
c. body affects the drug over time.
d. drug produces adverse or unwanted effects.
c
Pharmacokinetics includes the processes of absorption,
distribution, metabolism and excretion.
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