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PSC 6440 Basic Biopharmaceutics & Pharmacokinetics


Lecture: 3 Lab: 0 Practica: 0 Total Credits: 3
This course provides a conceptual and quantitative background in pharmacokinetic theory and applications needed to pursue advanced studies in clinical pharmacokinetics. The impact of drug data such as physicochemical characteristics, dosage forms, and routes of administration as well as the impact of patient factors such as gastrointestinal, hepatic, and renal function on drug disposition are examined and modeled. Pharmacokinetic, pharmacodynamic, and pharmacogenetic factors and parameters are introduced and calculated as they relate to drug absorption, distribution, metabolism, and elimination.