PA 527 Clinical Pharmacology II
This is the second course of a two-course series. This course provides information on clinical pharmacotherapeutics and pharmacodynamics. Topics will include discussion of treatment guidelines, indications, contraindications, drug information resources, and case studies. The student will continue an in-depth analysis of pharmacotherapeutics and the application of drugs for the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of disease. A pathophysiologic approach will be used, with emphasis on the rational use of drugs in the care and treatment of pediatric, adult and geriatric patients. Specific therapeutic regimens will be reviewed from a systems approach in coordination with the clinical medicine series. Topics include central neuropharmacology, substance abuse and pain, autacoids, anti-inflammatories, endocrine pharmacology, vitamins and supplements, toxicology, and poisons and antidotes.