| Course ID: | PHRM(PMCY) 5050/7050. 3 hours. |
| Course Title: | Abused Drugs |
Course
Description: | The history, abuse, misuse, effects, and detection of selected drugs. Guest lecturers are invited to present their views on these subjects. |
| Oasis Title: | ABUSED DRUGS |
| Prerequisite: | For PHRM: Enrolled in Doctor of Pharmacy Program; For PMCY: None |
Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. |
| Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
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| Course Objectives: | At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:
1. Identify the common drugs of abuse
2. Identify risk factors associated with drug use and dependence
3. Describe the effects associated with each class of drugs
which are abused
4. Describe the common routes of administration of abused substances
5. Identify mechanisms for the treatment of drugs of abuse |
| Topical Outline: | I. General Concepts of Drug Abuse
II. Alcohol
III. Marijuana
IV. Abuse of stimulants
a. Cocaine
b. Amphetamine
c. Methamphetamine
d Ritalin/Ephedrine
V. Narcotics
VI. Inhalants
VII. Hallucinogens
VIII.Designer drugs (Ecstasy)
IX. Benzodiazepines
X. OTC drugs and drug look-alikes
XI. Steroids |
| Honor Code Reference: | It is expected that each student will be academically honest in all aspects of this
course in the performance of his/her work and that the student will not tolerate
academic dihonesty of others. |