Pharmacology and Medicinal Chemistry I

Understanding the molecular and cellular characteristics of drugs that affect their therapeutic and adverse outcomes allows pharmacists to optimize drug therapy and avoid unwanted adverse consequences. Thus, a complete understanding of pharmacology and medicinal chemistry enables pharmacists to provide more comprehensive pharmaceutical care to their patients. This is the first course of the pharmacology/Medicinal Chemistry series which provides an introductory part in both pharmacology and medicinal chemistry including pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic principles of drug action as well as pharmacology and medicinal chemistry of drugs used for the treatment of disease conditions. Topics provide in-depth perspectives on drug-receptor interactions and the dynamic relationship of drug-receptor pharmacology. Students are expected to gain a fundamental and practiced knowledge of the principles of drug action mechanisms, which will enable them to explain and predict the chemical basis of drug action at the molecular, cellular, tissue and organ levels (pulmonary and GI tract).