Pharmacology 584

1 Credit     Fall 
Thursday 8:45 – 9:50
Course Director:  Dr. Gerard Ahern  

This minicourse presents an overview of some important aspects of pharmacology. It begins with basic principles of drug targets, pharmacodynamics, and pharmacokinetics.  There is topical coverage of neuropharmacology, including the autonomic nervous system and the central nervous system and diseases and disorders assoicated with neuronal dysfunction.   Cardiovascular pharmacology, endocrine pharmacology, immunopharmacology, cancer chemotherapy and anti-infectious agents are also discussed. 
            
There will be a cumulative final at the end of the course (~60% of the grade).   There will be a quiz each day at 8:45, ending at 8:55, on the material from the previous lecture (~40% of grade).  There will be 2 or 3 quizzes with the lowest grade dropped for each student.  For this reason, there are no makeup or late quizzes for any reason.

Good and free reference Pharmacology e-text books
http://www.pharmacology2000.com/learning2.htm#Chapter 1 (new window)
http://guides.dml.georgetown.edu/medstudents/FPbooks (new window)   You need to log in to Georgetown
Use ctrl F and search for Pharmacology;  Choose either
Katzung, Golan, or Goodman & Gilman – each good texts

If you really want to buy a book, some of this course is keyed off of Rang and Dale’s Pharmacology (8th ed) – $74 at Amazon.
OR the 7th ed used for ~$8 – not much changed between the 7th and 8th.