Description
Credit Hours: 1
This foundation course will introduce students to the current scientific, legal and regulatory environments of modern pharmacotherapeutics. The pharmaceutic, pharmacokinetic, and pharmacodynamic phases of drug action will be discussed with an emphasis on how these actions are related to the interaction of drug molecules with specific target proteins (receptors) in the body. The students will consider how these interactions lead to therapy, side effects, adverse effects, and potentially harmful drug interactions.