Prereq: Admission to second year of medical curriculum.
This course introduces the principal actions of substances which are used as drugs for treatment of diseases and suffering in humans. It will cover the general principles of drug action, how drugs alter the function of normal and pathologic tissues and organisms and how they influence the disease process. Drugs used in the treatment of disease processes will be integrated with discussion of those diseases in PAT 823. Lecture, 20 hours per week.
This course introduces the principal actions of substances which are used as drugs for treatment of diseases and suffering in humans. It will cover the general principles of drug action, how drugs alter the function of normal and pathologic tissues and organisms and how they influence the disease process. Drugs used in the treatment of disease processes will be integrated with discussion of those diseases in PAT 823. Lecture, 20 hours per week.