Why Do You Think Some Medications Must Be Given with Food,or

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Essay

Why do you think some medications must be given with food,or given after meals,and/or the patient must remain upright for 30 minutes after the medication is administered?

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Definitions:

Procedural Memories

Procedural memories are a type of long-term memory for performing certain actions and skills, essentially how to do things, such as riding a bicycle or playing an instrument.

Long-Term Memories

Memories that can be stored for an extended period, from days to decades.

Hippocampus

A major component of the brains of humans and other vertebrates, playing critical roles in the consolidation of information from short-term memory to long-term memory and in spatial memory that enables navigation.

Procedural Memories

A type of long-term memory that involves how to perform different actions and skills essentially, how we remember to do things.