Pharmacology module Imperial College London

Lecture notes from Imperial College London, Medical Biosciences BSc, 2nd year, Pharmacology module. PHAR 6, hypertension: treatments that are currently prescribed for hypertension, focusing on their pharmacodynamics to understand how these different drugs lower blood pressure and considering some...

Lecture notes from Imperial College London, Medical Biosciences BSc, 2nd year, Pharmacology module PHAR 7 on antimicrobials: we will consider drugs that are used in the treatment of microbial infection, exploiting key differences in biochemistry that permit treatments with varying degrees of sele...

Lecture notes from Imperial College London, Medical Biosciences BSc, 2nd year, Pharmacology module Pharmacology 8 on cancer drug therapies: In this session, we will refresh our memories about the hallmarks of cancer, before thinking about how some of those hallmarks might help us design and use p...

Lecture notes from Imperial College London, Medical Biosciences BSc, 2nd year, pharmacology module. Phar 3 on psychoactive drugs, depressants (alcohol, cannabis): - Lipid solubility: Predict how the lipid solubility of alcohol and cannabis will influence drug distribution. - Dosing: Calculat...

Lecture notes from Imperial College London, Medical Biosciences BSc, 2nd year, pharmacology module. Phar 4 on psychoactive drugs, stimulants (cocaine, nicotine): stimulate or increase the activity of nerves within the central nervous system - LO1: Administration: Predict how the route of admin...

Lecture notes from Imperial College London, Medical Biosciences BSc, 2nd year, pharmacology module. Phar 2: introduction to pharmacology with pharmacokinetics. learning outcomes = - LO1 Administration: List the major routes by which drugs may be administered and their advantages and disadvan...

Lecture notes from Imperial College London, Medical Biosciences BSc, 2nd year, pharmacology module. Phar 1 module on introduction to pharmacology with pharmacodynamics: learning outcomes: - LO1 Pharmacodynamics: Define what is meant by a ‘drug’ and a ‘drug target site’. - LO2 Ta...

Lecture notes from Imperial College London, Medical Biosciences BSc, 2nd year, pharmacology module. Phar 9 on obesity: In this session, we will turn our attention to a different challenge: pharmaceuticals for treating obesity. We will start by defining what we mean by the term obese, before consi...

Lecture notes from Imperial College London, Medical Biosciences BSc, 2nd year, pharmacology module. Phar 9 on obesity: In this session, we will turn our attention to a different challenge: pharmaceuticals for treating obesity. We will start by defining what we mean by the term obese, before consi...

Lecture notes from Imperial College London, Medical Biosciences BSc, 2nd year, pharmacology module. Phar 9 on obesity: In this session, we will turn our attention to a different challenge: pharmaceuticals for treating obesity. We will start by defining what we mean by the term obese, before consi...