Course Descriptions

Pharmacology

PHAR 2113 Fundamentals of Pharmacology

A fundamental course presenting the history of drug administration, legal controls, safety issues, mechanisms of drug action, and excretion. Drug groups are presented according to action and use, and individual drugs are delineated as to dosage, mode, onset, peak, duration, side effect, contraindiction, precautions, interactions, and therapeutic blood level when known. Prerequisites: BIOL 2215 or LPN or NREMT-P.