Sequence
- How drugs work — receptors, enzymes, ion channels, and mechanisms of drug action
- Dose-response relationships — the relationship between dose and effect; potency, efficacy, and the therapeutic window
- Drug metabolism and clearance — how the body processes and eliminates drugs; CYP enzymes, genetic variation, special populations
- Pharmacology and harm reduction — pharmacological literacy as infrastructure for reducing drug-related harm
Recommended companions
- Harm reduction — the public health framework that pharmacological literacy supports
- Pain — pain pharmacology as a case study in dose-response, tolerance, and the transition from treatment to harm
- Airway Fundamentals — pharmacological agents in airway management (sedatives, paralytics, vasopressors, bronchodilators)