An 85-year old man was recently admitted to a nursing facility. Diseases listed in his medical record on admission were depression with anxiety symptoms, atrial fibrillation, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and osteoarthritis. Medications taken orally by the patient included the following: Sertraline (base, pKa = 9.5) Diazepam (base, pKa = 3.0 Amiodarone (base, PKa = 7.4) Theophylline (acid, pKa = 8.8) Ibuprofen (acid, pKa = 4.8) Shortly after administration, which of the following drugs was most likely concentrated inside the gastric cells? Explain.
An 85-year old man was recently admitted to a nursing facility. Diseases listed in his medical record on admission were depression with anxiety symptoms, atrial fibrillation, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and osteoarthritis. Medications taken orally by the patient included the following: Sertraline (base, pKa = 9.5) Diazepam (base, pKa = 3.0 Amiodarone (base, PKa = 7.4) Theophylline (acid, pKa = 8.8) Ibuprofen (acid, pKa = 4.8) Shortly after administration, which of the following drugs was most likely concentrated inside the gastric cells? Explain.
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An 85-year old man was recently admitted to a nursing facility. Diseases listed in his medical record on admission were depression with anxiety symptoms, atrial fibrillation, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and osteoarthritis. Medications taken orally by the patient included the following:
Sertraline (base, pKa = 9.5)
Diazepam (base, pKa = 3.0
Amiodarone (base, PKa = 7.4)
Theophylline (acid, pKa = 8.8)
Ibuprofen (acid, pKa = 4.8)
Shortly after administration, which of the following drugs was most likely concentrated inside the gastric cells? Explain.
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