GENERAL COURSE DESCRIPTION 

Principles of pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics, including interaction of drugs with receptors; their absorption, distribution and clearance; drug metabolism and drug interactions. Study of drugs by pharmacological classes, their general mechanisms of action, usefulness, pharmacokinetics, and factors contributing to their usefulness and side effects. Also, pharmaceutical calculations and prescription writing. (Total lecture hours = 40, laboratories = 4; 3 C.)