Intravenous (IV): This goes straight into a vein to go into the blood supply immediately.  This is the only route of administration where you’re guaranteed 100% absorption. Subcutaneous: This goes underneath the skin into loose connective tissue with a maximum volume of 1 to 2ml.  Even 2ml is pushing it as most of the time 1ml is […]
Oral Forms of Medications
We review tablets, capsules, enteric coated, prolonged action, and oral liquid forms
Public Transport + Cycling = Great… Unless The Bike Rack is Full!
Here’s my story and the proposed policy change that the LA metro should adopt!
Knowledge of Medication and the 7 Rights
The importance of triple-checking everything and the 7 rights of drug administration.
Introduction to Pharmacology
Intro, federal laws that govern medications, investigational phases for new drugs, types of studies, TJC/JCAHO, and controlled substances.
Drug Abuse
Drug abuse is use of any substance until there is an adverse reaction on health or ability to function. A person has receptors in their body and the receptors are stimulated when they are addicted. When they are no longer stimulated, they go through withdrawal. That’s the physical dependence but the hardest to treat is the psychological dependence […]
Pharmacokinetics
Degree of absorption, volume of absorption (distribution), rate of elimination, factors that influence drug effects, side effects, and allergies.
Like The XX?
Then you may LOVE this deep, funky remix of their Angels song.
Just sharing the sky… [Endeavor piggyback + Parasailer + Hottie on the Santa Monica Rings]
You think you got a nice shot of the Endeavor? No! YOUR PICTURE IS TERRIBLE COMPARED TO THIS ONE.
Holding an even HIGHER standard for music
So I had a new dilemma, where I wanted to rate some select few songs as 6 stars out of 5, because they were so awesome. Instead I down-voted nearly everything and made the 5-star-rating even MORE exclusive. 😀