MA 557 - Pharmacology

Credit Hours: 2

This course is designed to help students understand their responsibility concerning drugs and to appreciate the necessary limitations imposed upon them. Included is the history and scope of pharmacology; drug standards and drug legislation; sources, administration, action and use of drugs and basic mathematical principles in calculating the dosages of drugs. A brief introduction to classes of drugs, with emphasis on the constant advances in drug therapy.
Prerequisites: BI 149/BI 150 and MT 006 or equivalent, with permission of instructor.