Drug Transporters in Pharmacology and Therapeutics

3 credits · Graduate

Drug transporters exist in every organ in the body and can affect therapeutic responses to medications. Through a combination of lectures and student presentations the course will cover the major drug transporter families and examine the clinical importance of drug transporters with respect to drug absorption, distribution, elimination, efficacy and toxicity. PREREQUISITES: PHAR 5001 or PHAC 5406 and PHAC 5409 or PHYL 5323 or equivalent. Consent from the course instructor will be required for those students without these prerequisites FORMATS: Lecture | Discussion