Area: | School of Pharmacy |
Credits: | 25.0 |
Contact Hours: | 5.5 |
Lecture: | 3 x 1 Hours Weekly |
Laboratory: | 1 x 2.5 Hours Weekly |
Prerequisite(s): | 8013 (v.5) Pharmacology 224 or any previous version
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Syllabus: | Local anaesthetics. General anaesthetics. Opioid analgesics and antagonists. Drugs affecting renal and cardiovascular function, blood platelet aggregation, thrombus function and lipoprotein metabolism. Drugs affecting gastrointestinal function and hormone systems. Anti-craving drugs. Critical evaluation of published clinical trials. Physiological pharmacokinetic models. Renal and hepatic disease. Clinical pharmacokinetics of specific drugs. |
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Unit Outcomes: | On successful completion of this unit students will have - Demonstrated a knowledge of the scientific foundation of the fundamental mechanisms of drugs action. Developed the ability to predict the basic pharmacokinetics properties of a drug given its main mechanisms of elimination, plasma binding and percent excreted unchanged in the urine. Developed a specific knowledge of the pharmacology of drugs in selected body systems. Developed an appreciation of the consequences of renal and hepatic disease and other factors influencing pharmacokinetics. Developed the ability to calculate individual dosage regimens based on plasma concentrations or physiological parameters. |
Texts and references listed below are for your information only and current as of September 30, 2003. Some units taught offshore are modified at selected locations. Please check with the unit coordinator for up-to-date information and approved offshore variations to unit information before finalising study and textbook purchases. |
Unit References: | Australian Medicines Handbook (2003). Evans W.E., Shentag J.J.and Jusko W.J., (1992), Applied Pharmacokinetics, 3rd ed., Spokane, Applied Therapeutics. Various journals and monographs on pharmacology. |
Unit Texts: | Hardman J.G., Goodman Gilman A. and Limbird L.E., (2001), Goodman and Gilman's The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics, 10th ed., New York, McGraw-Hill. Page M.A., Introduction to Pharmacokinetics, Curtin University of Technology. Rowland M. and TozerT., (1995), Clinical Pharmacokentics, 3rd ed., Philadelphia, Lea and Fibiger. |
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Unit Assessment Breakdown: | Examination 70%. Tutorial, Tests and Assignment 30%. This is by grade/mark assessment. |
Field of Education: | 19907 Pharmacology | HECS Band (if applicable): | 2 |
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Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information: | Informational | Result Type: | Grade/Mark |
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Availability
| Year | Location | Period | Internal | Area External | Central External | | 2004 | Bentley Campus | Semester 1 | Y | | |
Area
External | refers to external course/units run by the School or Department, offered online or through Web CT, or offered by research. |
Central
External | refers to external course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area |
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