View source for 5. Transport of drugs across membranes

Drugs are transported across membranes all the time. They can either diffuse freely across the lipid matrix or they can be carried across the membrane by specific transporters. Let’s look at them.

''Very few drugs travel across membranes by aquaporins and endocytosis, but they’re not that important and I’ll ignore them.''

''You don’t need to know any of the drug examples here for pharmacology 1, however you should know some for the final exam. You probably don’t need to remember the names and types of transporters either, just the different mechanisms.''