Spring Semester 2023 Catalog

PHAR 1002 PHARMACOLOGY AND CALCULATIONS

Credits

7

The course introduces pharmaceutical calculations (fractions, decimals, ratio and proportions, percents and solutions, alligation dosing formulas) and prescription reading, pharmacology (medication preparation/handling, drug classifications, routes of administration, dosage forms , side effects and drugs of abuse) clinical pharmacology (therapeutic drug monitoring, drug half-life), medication storage and stability, and vaccinations.

Lecture Hours

74.4

Lab Hours

50.4

Prerequisite

PHAR 1001