Open AccessThe Two Faces of Pharmacokinetics
Author(s) -
Aldo Rescigno
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
journal of pharmacy and pharmaceutical sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.497
H-Index - 78
ISSN - 1482-1826
DOI - 10.18433/j3v013
Subject(s) - constructive , point (geometry) , calculus (dental) , pharmacokinetics , mathematics , computer science , geometry , medicine , pharmacology , orthodontics , programming language , process (computing)
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.