PSCID 1533: Introduction to Biopharmaceutics and Pharmacokinetics

College/Program
College of Pharmacy, Downers Grove Campus
Credits 3.5

This course will discuss biopharmaceutics and pharmacokinetic parameters. Topics covered include but are not limited to: mathematical descriptions of time course of drug absorption, distribution, and elimination; physicochemical properties of drugs and relevant physiologic factors that affect drug absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion; relationship between drug concentration and clinical responses; pharmacokinetic variability caused by differences in body weight, age, sex, genetic factors, diseases, and drug interactions; and applications of pharmacokinetics and pharmaceutics to clinical situations.