Basic and clinical pharmacology and toxicology I
Dr R G King (Pharmacology)
This subject, based on the American Association for Medical Pharmacology teaching program, presents the core material essential for development of the general principles of pharmacology. Emphasis is on mechanisms of drug-receptor interactions and on pharmacokinetics. Where appropriate, prototype drugs in current use will be discussed to illustrate concepts and principles. The material will be reinforced in MED3042 (Basic and clinical pharmacology and toxicology II) and in other subjects in which specific drugs are discussed.
Assessment
As for MED3042
Preliminary reading
Levine R R Pharmacology: Drug actions and reactions 4th edn, Little Brown, 1991
Prescribed texts
Katzung B G Basic and clinical pharmacology 4th edn, Appleton and Lange, 1989
Recommended texts
Gilman A G and others Goodman and Gilman's `The pharmacological basis of therapeutics' 8th edn, Pergamon, 1990
Speight T M (ed.) Avery's `Drug treatment': Principles and practice of clinical pharmacology and therapeutics 3rd edn, Adis Press, 1987