Question

Eric and dawn are discussing drug distribution in the body. eric says that a drug travels from the absorption site to the bloodstream plasma, to the cells, and into the interstitial fluid. dawn says that a drug travels from the absorption site to the bloodstream plasma, to the interstitial fluid, and into the cells. who is correct?

Answer 1

Dawn is correct.

When drugs are absorbed, it goes into the blood stream plasma. From there it will first go into the interstitial fluid. It will accumulate in the interstitial fluid and cross the membrane of the cell, then to the tissues, and lastly the organs.