Journal of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences (Feb 2010)

The Two Faces of Pharmacokinetics

  • Aldo Rescigno

DOI
https://doi.org/10.18433/J3V013
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1

Abstract

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There are two main branches of Mathematics: Calculus and Geometry; in Physics there are Constructive Theories and Principle Theories. Similarly in Pharmacokinetics we can build models with two opposite approaches, the bottom-up and the top-down point of view. In this short opinion article I will try to show, with the help of a few examples, the advantages of each one of the two approaches.