CRC 240 - Pharmacology for Clinical Trials

4 Credits, 4 Contact Hours (4 lec.)

Essential drug knowledge and facts and their application in clinical research. Includes common medical diagnoses and their related drug treatments (brand name and generic); what constitutes a drug; the effects and modes of action of drugs upon the body (pharmacodynamics); method and rate of excretion and duration of the effect of drugs (pharmacokinetics); drug side effects; drug-drug interactions; and how to find and interpret drug-related information from primary literature. Also includes an overview of the drug development process from bench through post-approval marketing.

Prerequisite(s): CRC 101