Introduction to Pharmacology

Catalog description

Core Pharmacology is an introductory series of lectures designed to orient pharmacy students to the effects of drugs on humans in both normal and pathologic states. The first portion of the course deals with general principles in pharmacology, including drug absorption, distribution, elimination, and pharmacodynamics. The second portion of the course focuses on drugs of the autonomic nervous system, central nervous system, chemotherapeutic agents for infections and cancer, and various other pharmaceutical agents for specific therapeutic applications.