Clinical Pharmacokinetics

Course Code
PHM524
Course Title
Clinical Pharmacokinetics
Course Description

This course is designed to provide students with advanced pharmacokinetics of what the body does to the drug with special emphasis on clinical applications. The course shall focus on the application of compartmental & non-compartmental models to determine various pharmacokinetic parameters including; absorption, distribution, apparent volume of distribution and elimination, following single and multiple IV and oral doses. The course shall provide students with concepts of non-linear pharmacokinetic models and their clinical applications. Principles of clinical pharmacokinetics will be thoroughly covered with special emphasis on pharmacokinetic and pharmacogenomics variability, therapeutic drug monitoring, individualization of drug therapy, kinetics of drug interaction and pharmacokinetic approach to new drug discovery

Prerequisites
None
Credits
2
Course Type
Theory
Offered
Fall