Duration of the online course: 8 hours and 21 minutes
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Understanding medicines goes beyond memorizing names. Pharmacology is the bridge between biology and real clinical decisions: why a drug helps, when it harms, and how to predict its behavior in the body. This course offers a clear, beginner-friendly introduction to the core ideas that shape safe and effective medication use, whether you are preparing for health studies or refreshing essential concepts for practice.
You will learn how pharmacodynamics explains what a drug does to the body, from receptors and neurotransmitters to measurable responses, and how pharmacokinetics explains what the body does to a drug through absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion. By connecting these two perspectives, you will be able to reason through dose–response relationships, therapeutic effects, adverse effects, and why the same medicine can act differently across people and situations.
A strong emphasis is placed on drug interactions and clinical reasoning: how combining pharmaceutical substances can change outcomes, amplify side effects, or reduce efficacy. You will also develop an intuitive grasp of safety concepts such as therapeutic index, helping you weigh benefit versus risk with more confidence. Along the way, short knowledge checks reinforce key definitions and mechanisms so you can retain what matters and apply it.
The course then builds practical familiarity with major drug groups that frequently appear in healthcare settings, especially those acting on the nervous system and cardiovascular system. Topics include cholinergic and adrenergic signaling, sedative-hypnotics, agents used in epilepsy and Parkinsonism, antidepressants and stimulants, and analgesics ranging from non-narcotic options to opioids. You will also explore anti-inflammatory therapy, including NSAIDs and corticosteroids, and their use in conditions such as asthma, as well as essential antihypertensive concepts like diuretics and calcium channel blockers. By the end, you should be able to interpret common mechanisms and anticipate typical therapeutic uses and effects in a structured, evidence-oriented way.
Video class: Introduction to pharmacology ( part 1 ) _ Introduction of drugs
13m
Exercise: What is the primary focus of pharmacodynamics in pharmacology?
Video class: Introduction to pharmacology part 2
14m
Exercise: What is the term used to describe an inactive substance given to a patient under the belief that it is a medicinal product, and which can produce a perceived improvement in the patient's condition?
Video class: Interaction of pharmaceutical substances part 1 ( Drug interaction )
19m
Exercise: In pharmacology, the term 'pharmacokinetics' primarily describes what aspect of drug interaction?
Video class: ( Interaction of pharmaceutical substances part 2 ( Drug interaction
29m
Exercise: What is the primary difference between therapeutic index and effective dose in pharmacology?
Video class: cholinergic drugs part 1
14m
Exercise: Which neurotransmitter is responsible for the transmission of impulses at the parasympathetic synapses in both preganglionic and postganglionic neurons?
Video class: cholinergic drugs part 2
30m
Exercise: Which of the following effects occurs when m choliner receptors are stimulated in the heart?
Video class: Blood types
03m
Video class: Hypnotic drugs. antiepileptic drugs. Anti-Parkinsonic drugs.
49m
Exercise: What is the primary mechanism of action for benzodiazepines when used as hypnotic agents?
Video class: (Adrenergic drugs ( part 1
25m
Exercise: What is one of the primary functions of alpha-2 adrenergic receptors in the sympathetic nervous system?
Video class: (Adrenergic drugs ( part 2
25m
Exercise: Which of the following drugs is a non-selective beta adrenergic receptor stimulant?
Video class: Nootropics, antidepressants, psychostimulants, analeptics, adaptogens
23m
Exercise: What is the primary pathological process in the brain that occurs during depression, according to the lecture?
Video class: (Antidepressants psychostimulants (part 2
30m
Exercise: What mechanism does caffeine use to exert its stimulating effects on the central nervous system?
Video class: (Narcotic and non-narcotic analgesics ( part 1
08m
Exercise: Which two types of neurotransmitters are primarily involved in the reduction of pain through the body’s opioid system?
Video class: (Classification of Narcotic analgesics - Narcotic and non-narcotic analgesics ( part 3
13m
Exercise: What is the main consequence of stimulating opioid mu receptors?
Video class: (Types of opioid receptors - Narcotic and non-narcotic analgesics ( part 2
08m
Exercise: What is the primary function of opioid receptors such as mu, delta, and kappa in the human body?
Video class: Morphine and Chemical structure of MORPHINE (part 4 )
11m
Exercise: Which of the following opiate derivatives is primarily responsible for a spasmolytic effect rather than an analgesic one?
Video class: (Anti-inflammatory, anti-gout and anti-allergic drugs : NSAIDs (part 1
17m
Exercise: What is the primary function of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) in the context of anti-inflammatory actions?
Video class: Clinical uses of NSAIDs : Anti-inflammatory, anti-gout and anti-allergic drugs
24m
Exercise: Which of the following conditions would MOST likely require the use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), rather than narcotic drugs, for pain management?
Video class: Mechanism of action of SAIDs
26m
Exercise: Which of the following describes the action of corticosteroids in treating bronchial asthma?
Video class: Anti-hypertensive - Diuretics. Vasopressin and mineralocorticoids
37m
Exercise: Which of the following statements about calcium channel blockers is true?
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