This is the unofficial (and only) home page for “Pharmacology and Therapeutics for Nursing,” better known as Pharm 210. Course Overview/Policies Schedule, slides 2007 Exams Links Page --- E-mail me Sept 24: Two new files on adrenergic drugs posted.
Your TAs	Diane Calinski: calinski@umich.edu Kelly Clapp: kclapp@umich.edu
Course/exam policies	Click here
Text	Pharmacology for Nursing Care, 6th Ed., by R. Lehne (Saunders, 2007)
Schedule for Fall 2008 (tentative)	University of Michigan Medical School -- Pharmacology 210 Lecture and Exam Schedule, Fall 2008 **Tentative** All lectures start at 2:05 on Tuesdays and Thursdays and are in North Lecture Hall, Med. Sci. II Date, Day Topic (numbers in parens = text chapters) Who Slides (PDF) SEPTEMBER Tu 9/2 Course Overview/Policies Shlafer hand-out in class Principles of drug action; Pharmacokinetics (4) Th 9/4 Pharmacokinetics (5) Shlafer Tu 9/9 Pharmacodynamics: Mechanisms of drug action (5) Shlafer Yes Drug interactions, adverse drug effects; Variations in drug responses; Drug therapy across the lifespan (6-11) Yes Th 9/11 Background reading: Principles of Neuropharmacology; Physiology of Peripheral Nervous Systems; Introduction to Autonomic Nervous System (12-14) Shlafer Yes Tu 9/16 Muscarinic agonists (14) Shlafer Yes Antimuscarinics (14) Yes Th 9/18 Cholinesterase inhibitors (15) Shlafer Yes Neuromuscular blockers (16) ***self-study*** click HERE for objectives, notes to accompany slides (at right) Shlafer Yes Sympathomimetics (17-19) Shlafer NEW Tu 9/23 Sympathomimetics (cont'd) Shlafer Part 1 Part 2 Th 9/25 Sympathomimetics (cont'd) Shlafer --- Tu 9/30 Adrenergic blockers (17-19) **Last topic for Exam 1** Shlafer NEW OCTOBER Th 10/2 Drug therapy of asthma (74) Shlafer --- Tu 10/7 Histamine and antihistamines (69) Shlafer --- Local anesthetics (26) ***self-study** click HERE for objectives, notes to accompany slides (at right) NEW Background Reading: Lehne 20 Intro to CNS Pharmacology; Sedatives, hypnotics, anxiolytics, alcohol (32, 34, 38) --- Wed 10/8: Exam #1 Th 10/9 Antipsychotics (31) Shlafer --- Antidepressants, drugs for bipolar illness (32, 33) --- Tu 10/14 Drugs for Parkinson's Disease (21) Shlafer --- Th 10/16 Anticonvulsants (24) Shlafer gone Tu 10/21 Fall Study Break Th 10/23 Opioid analgesics and antagonists (28) Shlafer --- Tu 10/28 Antibiotics, other antimicrobials (Unit XVI) Canman --- Th 10/30 Antibiotics (continued) Canman --- NOVEMBER Tu 11/4 Cancer therapy principles, anticancer drugs (Unit XVII) Canman --- Wed 11/5: Exam #2 Covers all material after Exam 1, up to and including opioids (i.e., all CNS topics) Th 11/6 Drug therapy of diabetes (56) Shlafer --- Tu 11/11 Treatment of thyroid disorders (57) Shlafer --- Sex hormones, oral contraceptives (60-63) TBA --- Th 11/13 Adrenocorticosteroids (59, 71) **Last topic for Exam 3** TBA --- Introduction to cardiovascular pharmacology, review of hemodynamics (42); drugs for heart failure (47) Shlafer --- Tu 11/18 Heart failure (continued); Diuretics (40) Shlafer --- Th 11/20 Diuretics (40) Shlafer --- Tu 11/25 Hypertension and its treatment (44-46) Shlafer --- Thanksgiving Break Nov 26-Dec 1 DECEMBER Tu 12/2 Antihypertensive drugs (continued) Shlafer --- 12/3: Exam #3 Covers antibiotics through all of endocrine pharmacology Th 12/4 Antianginal Drugs (50) Shlafer --- Th 12/6 Lipid-lowering drugs (49) Shlafer --- Anticoagulant, antiplatelet, and thrombolytic drugs (51) Shlafer --- Tu 12/9 Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, acetaminophen (70) Shlafer --- Exam 4 - Thursday Dec. 18, 1:30 - 3:30 Covers all previously untested material plus Exam 1 content as announced
Exams	Exams from Winter term 2008 Exam 1: Principles, autonomics NEW Exam 2: Histamine, antihistamines, asthma, CNS gone Exam 3: Endocrine, cancer, antibiotics, etc. gone Exam 4: Cardiovascular, NSAIDs, acetaminophen gone
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