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PHR 1040 - Pharmacology
Course Description The course introduces the students to principles and knowledge about all classifications of medication. Topics include: disease states and treatment modalities, pharmaceutical side effects and drug interactions, control substances, specific drugs, and drug addiction and abuse..
Competency Areas	Hours
Disease States and Treatment Modalities	Class	5
Pharmaceutical Side Effects and Drug Interactions	D. Lab	0
Controlled Substances	P. Lab/O.B.I.	0
Specific drugs	Credit	5
Drug Addiction and Abuse

Prerequisite:	PHR 1010,
Corequisite:	PHR 1015, PHR 1030

Course Guide

Competency	After completing this section, the student will be able to:	Hours
		Class	D.Lab	P.Lab/ O.B.I.
DISEASE STATES AND TREATMENT MODALITIES		10	0	0
Disease States	Define disease states
	Explain how disease alters body function
Treatment Modalities	Describe modern treatment modalities (e.g., diet/exercise, medication, surgical intervention/ radiation).
	Discuss rationale for drug use.
	Discuss risk benefit ratios.
	Describe patient variables, including disease state effects.
	Discuss systemic administration (e.g., oral, sublingual-buccal, inhalation, rectal, and parenteral.)
	Discuss local administration to skin and mucous membranes, to ears and eyes, and irrigations.
	Explain dose-response relationships.
	Discuss absorption, biotransformation, and excretion.
PHARMACEUTICAL SIDE EFFECTS AND DRUG INTERACTIONS		10	0	0
Side Effects	Distinguish between useful and harmful drug interactions, and describe how useful interactions are used in drug therapy.
	Discuss the types of drug interactions, including drug-drug, drug-food, and drug-lab test interactions.
	Describe the F.D.A. reporting system for adverse drug RXNs, and how to initiate an adverse drug RXN report.
	Define side effect, adverse drug reaction, and drug interaction.
CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES		5	0	0
Characteristics	Define the term controlled substance as described by both State and Federal law.
	Describe the characteristics that differentiate each controlled substance schedule, I through V.
	Give at least three examples of drugs in each schedule.
Recordkeeping	Describe the procedures and recordkeeping required by law for handling controlled substances, including any special regulations based on the ordering, receiving, storage, dispensing, and return/ destruction.
SPECIFIC DRUGS		20	0	0
Prescription drugs	List the generic name, the usual dose, and the classification/category of drug use for the most commonly prescribed trade name drugs.
Nonprescription drugs	Differentiate between prescription and nonprescription.
Therapeutic Classifications	Know the uses, mechanism of action, and side effects of the following therapeutic classifications and give examples of drugs in each: Anti-infectives and drugs for the common cold Narcotic pain relievers and other nervous system drugs Respiratory, GI, renal, and cardiac drugs Non-narcotic analgesics, muscle relaxants, hormones, and topicals Chemotherapy, herbs, and miscellaneous drugs
DRUG ADDICTION AND ABUSE		5	0	0
Drug addiction	Define addiction, including differences between physical and psychological addiction.
	Discuss the characteristics of an "addictive personality."
	Describe the elements which contribute to the addictive potential of a therapeutic class of medication.
	Link therapeutic class with the type of addiction (physical or psychological) most common with that class.
	Describe the actions an addicted person may take to obtain the object of abuse, and what methods this person may use to hide their addiction.
Drug abuse	Discuss abuse of medical, and non- medical substances, as well as abuse of activities.
Treatment modalities	Describe the treatment modalities used with addiction and substance abuse.

Suggested Resources

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Books

Ballington, Don A. & Laughlin, Mary M. (2003). PHARMACOLOGY for technicians (2nd ed.). St. Paul, MN: Paradigm Publishing Inc. Ballington, Don A. & Laughlin, Mary M. (2003). PHARMACOLOGY for technicians workbook (2nd ed.). St. Paul, MN: Paradigm Publishing Inc. Gauwitz, Donna F. & Bayt, Phyllis Theiss. (2000). Administering Medications: Pharmacology for Health Careers (4th ed.) Columbus, OH: Glenco/McGraw-Hill. Woodrow, Ruth (2002). Essentials of Pharmacology for Health Occupations (4^th ed.). Albany, NY: Delmar.

Posted: 12/17/09