PHRM 240. 3 credits, BS level: Pharmacology and Therapeutics

This is a course offered in the first semester to the nursing students, covering the topics of chemistry, pharmacological effects, and therapeutics usefulness and toxicity of drugs designed to meet the requirements of the BS in nursing

Course topics

General (4.5 hours)
Diuretics (1.5 hours)
Treatment of heart failure (1.5 hours)
Antiarrhythmic drugs (1.5 hours)
Antianginal (1.5 hours)
Antihypertensive drugs – treatment of hyperlipemias (1.5 hours)
Sympathetic system (1.5 hours)
Sympathetic blockers (1.5 hours)
Parasympathetic system, Antimuscarinics (1.5 hours)
Autacoids – GIT pharmacology (1.5 hours)
Eicosanoids – nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs (1.5 hours)
Anesthetics (1.5 hours)
Sedatives – hypnotics – alcohol (1.5 hours)
Opioids – addiction (1.5 hours)
Antiepileptics, antiparkinsonians (1.5 hours)
Psychopharmacology (1.5 hours)
Neuromuscular blockers – local anesthetics (1.5 hours)
Oxytocics (1.5 hours)
Cancer chemotherapy (1.5 hours)
Antimicrobial therapy (3 hours)
Endocrine – metabolic pharmacology (1.5 hours)
Pharmacology of blood and anemias (1.5 hours)
Toxicology (1.5 hours)