Introduction to Clinical Pharmacology.

Catalog description

Semester course; 3 lecture hours. 3 credits. Enrollment is restricted to students who have completed a post-baccalaureate degree or an undergraduate physiology degree or by permission of the instructor. This course is a general survey of clinical pharmacology designed for students pursuing professional degrees including dental, medical and pharmacy programs. The basic principles of pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics and pharmacogenetics are presented followed by discussions of neuropharmacology, including drugs for treating neurological disorders and drugs of abuse; immunopharmacology and drugs for pain management; systems pharmacology including autonomic, cardiovascular, respiratory, renal, GI and endocrine pharmacology; and drugs targeting infectious diseases and cancer chemotherapy.