General Pharmacology
1. Introduction to pharmacology
• Definition of drug (active ingredient and excipients)
• Equivalent drugs
2. Pharmacodynamics:
• molecular basis of drug action (drug receptors): ionotropic receptors and metabotropic receptors (signal transduction pathways):
• dose response relationship
• agonist and antagonist drugs
• Safety of a drug
3. Pharmacokinetics:
• routes of drug administration:
• orally
• intravenously
• absorption, distribution, and elimination of drugs
4. Adverse drug reactions
- Pharmacogenetics: unusual responses to drugs based on genetic
- Pharmacotoxicology: the toxic effects of drugs and adverse drug reaction
NSAIDs
Disinfectants and antiseptics
