The Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology is concerned with teaching basic principles of pharmacology and toxicology, as well as biostatistics, to Pharmacy students.  Pharmacology is the science that deals with studying drugs and their effects on vital organs. This course helps students understand the influence of drugs and their multiple uses. It also helps them assimilate the mechanism of drug action according to their different kinds, their impacts on cell receptors and their applications in the dynamic science of drug action and interaction, pharmacokinetics and each drug's side effects. The science of toxicology principles and clinical applications studies is concerned with the harmful effects of drugs and chemicals, prevention methods and treatment of poisoning cases.