Pharmacology II

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This course is part two of a two-semester sequence in pharmacology and clinical therapeutics. This course continues the consideration of the principles of pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics, dosage forms, and dose-response relationships. Additional classes of pharmaceuticals will be studied, with a focus on the mechanisms of drug action in different therapeutic classes, common side effects of prototypic drugs in each category, drug side effects and drug-drug interactions, the interaction of drugs with the disease state under treatment, polypharmacy, and reputable resources of information about drugs. Prerequisites: Successful completion of the fall semester course of the didactic year of the graduate program in Physician Assistant Studies. The pre-requisites of MS 500, 501, 502A, 503A, 504A, 505 and 506 are all required.