RT Book, Section A1 Ciccone, Charles D. SR Print(0) ID 1135034665 T1 Pharmacokinetics II: Drug Elimination T2 Pharmacology in Rehabilitation YR 2016 FD 2016 PB F. A. Davis Company PP New York, NY SN 9780803640290 LK fadavisat.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1135034665 RD 2024/03/28 AB All drugs eventually must be eliminated from the body to terminate their effect and to prevent excessive accumulation of the drug. The body can usually eliminate the drug by biotransformation—chemically altering the original compound so that it is no longer active—by excreting the active form of the drug, or by a combination of biotransformation and excretion.