Graduate Catalog

MDBS 606 Pharmacology and Therapeutics

During this introduction to the principles of pharmacology and therapeutics, medical students explore the major drug classes, including their routes of administration, absorption, distribution, onset and duration of action, dose response, metabolism, and excretion. Course content focuses on target and common drug mechanisms, drug interactions, and factors influencing drug efficacy and toxicity, including comorbidities, demographic, environmental and genetic factors.

Credits

4

Offered

Fall