Medical Pharmacology 4 for Physician Assistants

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This is the fourth and final in a series of courses designed to develop skills related to the principles of pharmacology as they pertain to therapeutic agents, both prescription and non-prescription. The course will include the principle mechanisms of action of the major classes of therapeutic agents (to parallel the diseases being covered in Clinical Medicine), pharmacodynamics, uses side effects and toxicities. An emphasis in this fourth course of the series will be placed on the uses and toxicities of over the counter supplements, herbs and medications as well as the special considerations of using pharmacologic therapies in geriatric patients.