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PHA 301 — General Principles of Pharmacology

PHA department course · Nigerian universities

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What you'll be able to do (official learning outcomes)

know the various routes of drug administration and how they influence onset of drug action
know the factors that affect drug absorption, distribution, metabolism and excretion
understand the role of receptors as targets for drug action
understand the fundamental differences between agonists and antagonists; and
know the common system parameters in pharmacokinetics and their measurements

Course contents

Introduction: history of Pharmacology and relationship of Pharmacology to other pharmaceutical and clinical subjects, pharmacology textbooks and journals, definition and sources of drugs, routes of drug administration, drug absorption, distribution, elimination and factors affecting them, enzyme induction and enzyme inhibition,…

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PHA 301 — General Principles of Pharmacology

What you'll be able to do (official learning outcomes)

Course contents

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