Pharmacology for Health Sciences

Pharmacology for Health Sciences begins with four introductory chapters. These
are followed by thirteen medicine-focused chapters that address medicines for
specific biological systems, medicines in infections and infestations, medicines in
oncology, and finally, medicines and poisoning.
The introductory chapters include key principles of medicines within
the context of public health, medicine control and safety of medicines. Firstly,
this section provides content to understand the importance of a regulatory
framework for medicines and how the supply to patients is controlled through a
scheduling system for all medicines in South Africa. Secondly, it addresses both
basic and clinical aspects of pharmacology in order to equip students with the
understanding of the two main areas of pharmacology, namely pharmacodynamics
and pharmacokinetics of medicines.