PHRM 631 - Basic Pharmacokinetics

Prerequisites, PHRM 601, PHRM 621, doctor of pharmacy major. This required course is an introduction to the basic principles of pharmacokinetics, including compartmental and physiological analysis of the time courses of drug absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion, with emphasis on the pharmacokinetic-based design of dosage regimen principles. Additionally, the relationship between pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics and its use for individualization of dosage regimens will be discussed. Numerical grading. (Offered every year.) 3 credits