Pharmacology Dosing Model

What is this model?

This is a systems model of the concentration of a drug in the bloodstream as a function of time and the doses. The user determines the dosage and doses per day, as well as the absorption and excretion rates and the blood volume of the patient. A graph shows the concentration of the drug in the body over the course of 48 hours.

What can this Model be used to teach?

Understand exponential decay as it relates to the saturation of medicine in the bloodstream

Recognize and understand the applications of periodic functions

Understand the effect of each parameter on the medicine concentration in the intestines and blood over time

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