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hey, I recently gained interest in the knowledge of the body's physiology such as endocrinology, yet I love chemistry and learning about drugs and how the bind/work in the body, what the do to the body and stuff. I also like to know how drugs/cough liquid medications/face creams/face serums are formed and their combinations. I am not sure what course degree would be teaching all these. Could it be a pharmacy course? or pharmacology? Can someone help me ?

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Anonymous #2

From what you have written, its closest to pharmacy, pharmacology, pharmaceutical science or biochemistry.
Hope that helps!!

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Anonymous #1

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by Anonymous

From what you have written, its closest to pharmacy, pharmacology, pharmaceutical science or biochemistry.
Hope that helps!!

Would I be learning about the above and physiology in any of the these courses?

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DrJo1982

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Pharmacy is the closest to what you describe I think. If you wanted a bit more focus on the physiology rather than drug formulation, then pharmacology might suit a bit more but that generally focuses less on the formulation side. There is a substantial amount of pharmacology taught within pharmacy though, and to understand how you can treat a condition pharmacologically, you need to understand the normal physiology, and then what goes wrong.

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PharmacyCat

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by DrJo1982

Pharmacy is the closest to what you describe I think. If you wanted a bit more focus on the physiology rather than drug formulation, then pharmacology might suit a bit more but that generally focuses less on the formulation side. There is a substantial amount of pharmacology taught within pharmacy though, and to understand how you can treat a condition pharmacologically, you need to understand the normal physiology, and then what goes wrong.

Agreed, and it also depends what kind of job you would like in the future. Pharmacy is a lot more patient-facing and clinical than pharmacology

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by DrJo1982

Pharmacy is the closest to what you describe I think. If you wanted a bit more focus on the physiology rather than drug formulation, then pharmacology might suit a bit more but that generally focuses less on the formulation side. There is a substantial amount of pharmacology taught within pharmacy though, and to understand how you can treat a condition pharmacologically, you need to understand the normal physiology, and then what goes wrong.

Thank you ☺️

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