This is the unofficial (and only) home page for “Pharmacology and Therapeutics for Nursing,” better known as Pharm 210. Course Overview/Policies Schedule, slides 2008 Fall Exams Links Page --- E-mail me 5 Nov. Fixed broken link to Local Anesthetics slides 4 Nov: Posted slide set 2 for Dr. Canman's antimicrobial lectures and a study guide for her material; removed posting of grades from Exam 1
Your TAs	Jason Kehrl (jkehrl@umich.edu) Kadee Luderman (luderman@umich.edu)
Course/exam policies	Click here
Text	Pharmacology for Nursing Care, 7th Ed., by R. Lehne (Saunders, 2009)
Schedule for Fall 2009	University of Michigan Medical School -- Pharmacology 210 Lecture and Exam Schedule, Fall 2009 **** Schedule Subject to Change **** Date, Day Topic (number in parens = Lehne chapter) Who Slides (PDF) SEPTEMBER Tu 9/8 Course Overview/Policies (revised) Shlafer gone Principles of drug action; Pharmacokinetics (4) Th 9/10 Pharmacokinetics (5) Shlafer Tu 9/15 Pharmacodynamics: Mechanisms of drug action (5) Shlafer gone Drug interactions, adverse drug effects; Variations in drug responses; Drug therapy across the lifespan (6-11) gone Th 9/17 Background reading: Principles of Neuropharmacology; Physiology of Peripheral Nervous Systems; Introduction to Autonomic Nervous System (12-14) Shlafer gone Tu 9/22 Muscarinic agonists (14) Shlafer gone Antimuscarinics (14) gone Th 9/24 Cholinesterase inhibitors (15) Shlafer gone Neuromuscular blockers (16) Shlafer gone Sympathomimetics (17-19) Shlafer gone Tu 9/29 Sympathomimetics (cont'd) Shlafer gone OCTOBER Th 10/1 Sympathomimetics (cont'd) Shlafer gone Tu 10/6 Adrenergic blockers (17-19) Last topic for Exam 1 Shlafer gone Th 10/8 Finish adrenergic blockers Shlafer gone Tu 10/13 Histamine and antihistamines (69) Shlafer Yes Drug therapy of asthma (74) Yes Local anesthetics (26) ***self-study** Yes Background Reading: Lehne 20 Intro to CNS Pharmacology; Sedatives, hypnotics, anxiolytics, alcohol (32, 34, 38) YES Wed 10/14 Th 10/15 Antipsychotics (31) Study-guide Shlafer Yes Antidepressants, drugs for bipolar illness (32, 33) Yes Fall Study Break Oct 19-20 Th 10/22 Drugs for Parkinson's Disease (21) Study Guide Shlafer Yes Tu 10/27 Anticonvulsants (24) topic deferred, not on Exam 2 Shlafer --- Th 10/29 Opioid analgesics and antagonists (28) Study Guide **LAST TOPIC FOR EXAM #2** Shlafer Yes NOVEMBER Tu 11/3 Antibiotics, other antimicrobials (Unit XVI) - Part 1 Canman NEW Th 11/5 Antibiotics/antimicrobials (continued) Study Guide Canman Part 2 Tu 11/10 Cancer therapy principles, anticancer drugs (Unit XVII) Canman --- Wed 11/11: Exam #2 Covers all material after Exam 1, up to and including opioids (i.e., all CNS topics except anticonvulsants) 6 PM Th 11/12 Treatment of thyroid disorders (57) Shlafer --- Tu 11/17 Drug therapy of diabetes (56) Shlafer --- Th 11/19 Adrenocorticosteroids (59, 71) TBA --- Sex hormones, oral contraceptives (60-63) **Last topic for Exam 3** TBA --- Tu 11/24 Introduction to cardiovascular pharmacology, review of hemodynamics (42); drugs for heart failure (47) Shlafer --- Thanksgiving Break Nov 25-Nov 29 DECEMBER Tu 12/1 Diuretics (40) Shlafer --- Th 12/3 Hypertension and its treatment (44-46) Shlafer --- Tu 12/8 Antihypertensive drugs (continued) Shlafer --- Antianginal Drugs (50) --- 12/9: Exam #3, 6 PM Covers antibiotics through all of endocrine pharmacology Th 12/10 Antianginal Drugs (cont'd) (50) Shlafer --- Tu 12/15 Lipid-lowering drugs (49) Shlafer --- Anticoagulant, antiplatelet, and thrombolytic drugs (51) Shlafer --- --- Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, acetaminophen (70) Shlafer --- Exam 4 - Wednesday Dec. 16, 4 PM in the usual places. Covers all previously untested material plus Exam 1 autonomics content as announced
Exams	Exams from Fall term 2008 Exam 1: Principles, autonomics (2009) --- Exam 2: Histamine, antihistamines, asthma, CNS Yes Exam 3: Endocrine, cancer, antibiotics, etc. gone Exam 4: Cardiovascular, NSAIDs, acetaminophen gone
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