The course is designed to complement and expand on the treatment options that students learn as part of their small animal medicine, equine medicine and surgery, and food animal medicine and surgery courses. Basic principles of pharmacokinetics (absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion) and pharmacodynamics (biochemical and physiological drug effect, mechanism of action) relevant to veterinary medicine will be covered, paying particular attention to comparative differences among species. Therapeutic uses, contraindications, monitoring, and adverse effects of drugs will be discussed. Rules, regulations, and timely topics in veterinary pharmacology will be addressed.
OPDVM-767-A0: Clinical Pharmacology II
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