Pharmacokinetics and Biopharmaceutics Credits: 3

Catalog description

This course involves the study of the rates at which drug absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion occur in the body following medication administration. The student will be taught to calculate pharmacokinetic parameters, and then utilize those values to optimize pharmacotherapy in his/her patient. So as to promote inter-professional healthcare dialogue, this course will demonstrate how to make informed recommendations associated with both drug administration and monitoring to medical and nursing healthcare providers. Recommendations include, but are not limited to, suggesting changes in the dose, dosing frequency, infusion rate, steady-state plasma drug concentrations, ‘peak’ and ‘trough’ plasma drug concentrations, drug/drug interactions, drug/food interactions, and dosing adjustment in the context of diminished kidney or liver function.