Pharmacology – I
Keywords:
Pharmacology, Essential Drugs, Agonists, Antagonists, Pharmacokinetics, Pharmacodynamic, Drug Action, Receptors, Synergism, Cellular Mechanisms, Drug Receptors, G-Protein, Ion Channel Receptor, Therapeutic, Enzyme, Drug Discovery, Preclinical Evaluation, Clinical Trial, Function, Neurohumoral Transmission, Neurotransmitters:, Parasympathomimetics,, Parasympatholytics, Sympathomimetics, Sympatholytics, Neuromuscular, Local Anesthetic, Myasthenia Gravis, Glaucoma:, Antidepressants, Antipsychotics, Hallucinogens, Parkinson's Disease, Alzheimer's Disease, Nootropic:Synopsis
In the fields of medicine, biology, and pharmaceutical science, pharmacology deals with drugs and their effects. A drug can be artificial, natural, or endogenous (found in the body), including physiological or biochemical. actions carried out by organisms, tissues, cells, or organs (both endogenous and extrinsic bioactive species may be included under the term "drug"). To be more precise, it is the study of how substances interact with living things to influence normal or aberrant biochemical function. The study of pharmacology focuses on the properties, origins, and effects of drugs—whether biological, chemical, or therapeutic—on living systems.
Pharmacy is not the same as pharmacology. The science of finding and characterising substances that affect the body is known as pharmacology. Pharmacy, on the other hand, describes medical services that apply pharmacology principles to enhance patient outcomes in a clinical context.
Understanding what drugs do to living things and how their effects can be used for therapeutics is the primary goal of the subject. The course covers topics such as drug mechanism of action, pharmacodynamic and pharmacokinetic effects on the body as well as absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion, as well as side effects, clinical applications, interactions, dosages, and administration routes for various drug classes.
Objectives:
1. Recognise the pharmacological effects of various drug classes.
2. Describe how the drug acts at the organ system, subcellular, and macromolecular levels.
3. Use your foundational knowledge of pharmacology to treat and prevent a range of illnesses.
4. Observe how medications affect animals through simulated experiments.
5. Recognise how pharmacology relates to other biomedical sciences.
