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PCL 201 Introduction to Pharmacology

200 levelMedical & Health Sciences10 topics

PCL 201 covers 10 topics. StudyPath paces them into daily study sessions that finish before your exam date, with practice questions and worked answers for each one.

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Course outline

The topics this course covers, in teaching order.

  1. Historical development of pharmacology
  2. Divisions of pharmacology and their applications
  3. Definitions of terms and abbreviations
  4. Concept and nature of drugs
  5. Pharmacodynamics
  6. Pharmacokinetics
  7. Classification of drugs and their importance
  8. Drug abuse and controlled drugs
  9. Drug non-compliance and misuse
  10. Introduction to toxicology and principles of poisoning management

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One topic, as StudyPath teaches it.

Historical development of pharmacology

The historical development of pharmacology traces how the use of natural remedies gradually became a scientific study of drugs, their sources, actions, and safe use. For exam purposes, you should master the major stages: traditional and empirical drug use, experimental pharmacology, the rise of chemistry and drug isolation, and the modern era of standardization, regulation, and rational therapeutics.

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