Pharmacokinetics: as fascinating as it is essential! Caffeine has a half-life of 4 hours in the mother and 4 days in her newborn. An 80-year-old metabolizes her pain medication only half as quickly as her grandchild. While the fast metabolizer feels no effect at the same dosage, the slow metabolizer is already struggling with side effects. On the path to the optimal dose, the book considers the latest findings in population pharmacokinetics, bioequivalence, and bioavailability. Furthermore, the connection between pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics reveals fascinating relationships between the calculated dosage and the actual effect on the patient. Pharmacokinetics - a central pharmaceutical and medical discipline. Get excited about individualized drug therapy!.