7376 (v.4) Introductory Pharmacology 129

Area:	School of Pharmacy
Credits:	12.5
Contact Hours:	2.0

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Lecture:	1 x 2 Hours Weekly

Syllabus:	Pharmacy and pharmacology - basic mechanisms of drug action, pharmacokinetics, drugs, dosage and toxicity, drugs and receptors, agonists and antagonists, routes of administration, biotransformation and excretion, factors affecting responses to drugs, pharmacogenetics, immunopharmacology, drug tolerance and drug interaction. Drugs acting on the nervous system, affecting the heart, used to treat high blood pressure, allergies, fever, inflammation and pain. Drugs affecting behaviour, sedative and anti-anxiety drugs, anti-psychotic and anti-depressant drugs. Recreational drugs including alcohol, cannabis and ecstasy.

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Field of Education:	019907 Pharmacology
Funding Cluster:	08 - Engineering, Science, Surveying
SOLT (Online) Definitions*:	Informational *Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information
Result Type:	Grade/Mark
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