VPCS 317 — General and Autonomic Pharmacology
Veterinary Medicine · University of Ghana
General principles: Introduction to pharmacology and its relation to physiology and biochemistry. Basic concepts; dose and drug dosage forms e.g. Injection, mixture, tablets. Routes of administration of drugs, factors guiding the choice of routes. Advantage and disadvantage of various routes. Pharmacokinetics-factors affecting absorption, distribution, biotransformation and excretion of drugs. Enzyme induction and inhibition and implications. General factors affecting drug action. Targets for drug action-concept of receptors and drug receptor theories, enzymes, ion channels, carrier systems, Receptor super families. Agonists, practical agonists and antagonists. Drug antagonism and types-competitive versus non competitive, physiological and chemical. Affinity, efficacy and potency defined. DR relationships (Log DR versus DR curves) and significance of slope and shape of DR curves. Autonomic pharmacology: Somatic, efferent and ANS. Parasympathetic and sympathetic, Ganglionic transmission, blockers, Transmitter processing at the cholinergic synapse. Sites for drug action. Nomenclature for muscarinc receptors, agonists, antagonistic, effectors. Adrenergic transmission. Adrenergic receptor classification. Pre-and post-functional sites for drug Uptake Metabolism and inhibitors.
- Credits
- 3
- Level
- Level 300
- Semester
- Semester One
Other courses on this programme
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- ANIM 314 — Introduction to Animal Breeding
- VBAS 311 — Animal Management II
- VPCS 311 — Veterinary Microbiology I (Bacteriology and Mycology)
- VPCS 312 — Veterinary Microbiology II (Virology and Immunology)
- VPCS 313 — Veterinary Parasitology I (Helminthology and Acarology)
- VPCS 314 — Veterinary Parasitology II (Entomology and Protozoology)
- VPCS 315 — General Pathology
- VPCS 316 — Systemic Pharmacology
- VPCS 320 — Field Practice II
- ANIM 211 — Animal Production
- BCMB 217 — Veterinary Biochemistry I
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Start freeCourse details from University of Ghana Volume 3 Handbook for the Bachelor's Degree: Course Descriptions for Programmes in the Sciences (2017).