Principles of Medical Pharmacology

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Principles of Medical Pharmacology will cover the concepts of pharmacological sciences as they relate to biochemistry, cell biology, and drug therapy. In general, Pharmacology is the study of how drugs act in biological systems to affect their function. It is the study of how the body reacts to drugs. This field is usually referred to as the marriage between chemistry and biology. At the end of this course, you should be familiar with the principles behind drug action and development, dose-response relationships, pharmacodynamics, and pharmacokinetics. Prerequisites BIO 1004, CHE 2004