Pharmacology (year 2) - Phcl 6111, 6112
Course Director
Stan Thayer, PhD
3-116 BS/BE
(612) 626-7049
sathayer@umn.edu
Course Description
PHCL 6111: Begins coverage of the main classes of drugs used to treat disease. The course provides an in-depth understanding of fundamental principles of rational drug therapy. Emphasis is on the mechanisms of action, absorption, distribution, biotransfor-mation, excretion, and clinical use of drugs.
PHCL 6112: Lectures covering the principles of pharmacology. How drugs are administered, handled by the body and the systems that they act upon are presented. Dosing pharmacokinetics, and metabolism are included. Signal transduction, eicosanoid agents and actions of drugs on the autonomic nervous system are also covered. Other topics are development of therapeutic agents, drug interactions, and special populations.
Sample Schedule from previous year
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