Pharmacokinetics

Catalog description

This course focuses on understanding and applying pharmacokinetic principles for optimizing drug dosage. It is divided into three modules: descriptive, quantitative, and pharmacokinetics of special populations. Descriptive pharmacokinetics provides a basic introduction to the key pharmacokinetic principles. This module enables the student to conceptualize principles such as drug bioavailability, distribution, clearance, and excretion. Concepts of drug absorption, metabolism, protein binding, and pharmacokinetic drug interactions will be discussed as well. Quantitative pharmacokinetics covers the mathematical aspects, including the calculation of pharmacokinetic parameters following drug administration and compartment modeling. The third module covers the process of using pharmacokinetic principles to optimize the dose for special populations. (Prerequisite: PBS 605, PBS 611) (Prerequisite: PRC 613, PBS 605, PBS 601, & PBS 603) Formerly PHAR 633