MU Drug Interaction & Study of Drugs and Chemicals Discussion

Physiology/header title is Drug interaction

Discuss how drugs (medicines) can affect the normal functioning of the cell. Explain how drugs interact with the cell membrane and the membrane’s structural characteristics relevant to drug interaction.

You may wish to discuss how drugs move from the blood stream into the extracellular fluid (noting the blood-brain barrier), some or all of the ways in which drugs act, the way they are eliminated from the cell. (Do not discuss the various routes of drug administration)