Pharmacology (MBS-0213)

Summer 2024 · MBS 0213 · Tufts University · 1.5 credits · Undergraduate

This course will describe the nature and steps in the drug discovery and development processes; differentiate the interplay between basic and clinical pharmacology and the elements of pathobiology and pathophysiology that lead to drug choices in clinical practice; analyze the principles of selective toxicity and the pharmacokinetic and other mechanisms which underlie the rational use of drugs; identify the properties of drug action at specific receptors and the mechanisms of action of select drugs; determine toxic and therapeutic endpoints and drug side effects and list major indications and contraindications for relevant drugs.

Course codes: MBS-0213, MBS 0213, MBS0213, MBS-213, MBS 213, MBS213

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