Answer:
The correct answer is: D) food in the stomach, pH, and amount of exercise.
Explanation:
Many factors can alter the rate of drug absorption, which is the movement of the drug administered to systemic circulation.
The factors that alter the rate of absorption are: the route of administration (IV medication is more rapidly absorbed than oral medication); blood flow; pain and stress, since it effects heart rate and vasoconstriction; the motility of the gastrointestinal tract (if the patients has diarrhea, the med will be evacuated before it can be absorbed); exercise (affects blood flow)
; food or other drugs
; and pH.
