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Medicine Handbook 1996
Published by Monash University
Clayton, Victoria 3168, Australia
Authorised by Academic Registrar, April 1996
MED3041
Basic and clinical pharmacology and toxicology I
Associate Professor R G King (Pharmacology)
Objectives On completion of the unit, students should (1) know the core
material essential for understanding the principles of pharmacodynamics and
pharmacokinetics; and (2) be able to apply that knowledge to assist
understanding of drug actions and interactions.
Synopsis 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 6th edn, Appleton and
Lange, 1994
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
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