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I have recently taken over the teaching of pharmacokinetics to
undergraduate pharmacy students.
Could anyone advise me of any suitable software for
teaching/demonstration/assessment purposes.
Information on suitability, availability and cost would be most
welcome.
Many thanks in advance for your help.
Alistair Duncan
Lecturer/Practitioner
School of Pharmacy
The Robert Gordon University
Aberdeen
Scotland
AB10 1FR
Tel: +44 (0)1224 262534 (direct line)
E-mail: a.duncan.aaa.rgu.ac.uk
[Have a look at http://www.boomer.org/pkin/soft.html - db]
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[A few replies - db]
X-Sender: jelliffe.-a-.hsc.usc.edu
Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2000 19:58:12 -0700
To: PharmPK.-at-.boomer.org
From: Roger Jelliffe
Subject: Re: PharmPK Software for Teaching
Dear Alistair:
You might consider the USC*PACK software. It does both basic
and advanced
population modeling and clinical applications. Our web site is below, and I
would be glad to talk with you further.
Sincerely,
Roger Jelliffe
Roger W. Jelliffe, M.D. Professor of Medicine, USC
USC Laboratory of Applied Pharmacokinetics
2250 Alcazar St, Los Angeles CA 90033, USA
Phone (323)442-1300, fax (323)442-1302, email= jelliffe.at.hsc.usc.edu
Our web site= http://www.usc.edu/hsc/lab_apk
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X-Sender: jhzwafri.at.merle.acns.nwu.edu (Unverified)
Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2000 22:05:06 -0500
To: PharmPK.-a-.boomer.org
From: zhao wang
Subject: Re: PharmPK Software for Teaching
I think you will love to use SAAM II as a tool for your teaching
students who are interested PK-PD modeling since this software is
very friendly and you could start with simple concept of PK-PD
modeling all the way to the sophisticate compartmental and numerical
module which covers the whole pharmacokinetic analysis.For further
information of SAAM II , their updated teaching program please search
the web site http://courses.washington.edu/rfka/. Also, I recommend
the book "Mathematical Modeling in Experimental Nutrition"(ISBN
0-306-46020-3) in which you may find more useful information about
SAAM II and other related and rich resource of reference of the area
you may be interested.
Zhao Wang
Anesthesia Research
Northwestern University
Medical School
z-wang.-a-.nwu.edu
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Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2000 13:25:42 +1000
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From: Noel Cranswick
Subject: Re: PharmPK Software for Teaching
Have you had a look at RIDO and RIDO-Plus. A few good demos and cover
alot of PK concepts including popPK. Gives a clinical approach (based
upon drug development)
CYA,
Noel
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Fax: 61-3-9345 5093
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Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2000 00:15:26 -0400
To: PharmPK.-at-.boomer.org
From: "David S. Farrier"
Subject: Re: PharmPK Software for Teaching
Duncan,
Regarding you inquiry about suitable pharmacokinetics software for teaching
and demonstration purposes, allow me to invite you to take a look at "PK
Solutions". This is an Excel-based program designed for easy, interactive
and comprehensive pharmacokinetics analysis. The program is in use in
educational institutes and research labs in over 27 countries. Several
pharmacy and medical schools use it as part of their curriculum content.
More information about PK Solutions, a price list, a demo, and a free list
of the 75 pharmacokinetic equations are available at:
http://www.SummitPK.com/
For special academic pricing follow the link to the "Learn-and-Keep" plan
which offers an 80% discount to students and a 50% discount for a
department license.
Good hunting.
David S. Farrier, Ph.D.
Summit Research Services
Pharmacokinetics and Metabolism Software
Web: http://www.SummitPK.com
Email: DFarrier.-at-.SummitPK.com
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Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2000 08:32:07 +0200
From: furlanut.at.HYDRUS.CC.UNIUD.IT
Subject: Re: PharmPK Software for Teaching
To: PharmPK.-a-.boomer.org
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Dear Dr. Duncan,
you can find two useful freeware at the
following URLs:
http://aut.ethz.ch/~keller/pharmasim.html
http://aut.ethz.ch/~keller/pharmacalc.html
At PCCAL web site (http://www.coacs.com/PCCAL/) there are two
interactive pharmacokinetic simulations software and other simulation
softwares (with demo and prices).
Yuors sincerely
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Federico Pea, MD
Institute of Clinical Pharmacology & Toxicology
University of Udine
Italy
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X-Sender: jmlanao.-a-.gugu.usal.es
Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2000 10:58:17 +0200
To: PharmPK.-at-.boomer.org
From: jml
Subject: Re: PharmPK Software for Teaching
One of the best programs for tutorial purposes in pharmacokinetics with
undergraduate students is
MAXSIM
J. Gabrielson and S. Isaksson
Firma Biopharmacon
Upssala, Sweden
Another interesting program for tutorial in the field of Clinical
pharmacokinetics is
CLINPHARM
Pharmaceutical Research and Solutions, Inc.
Other programs:
PHARMACALC
PHARMASIM
http://www.control.ethz.ch/
Dr. J.M. Lanao
Dpt. Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Technology
University of Salamanca
Spain.
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From: "Nils Ove Hoem"
To:
Subject: RE: PharmPK Software for Teaching
Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2000 11:05:08 +0200
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I would suggest that you check out SAAM II
http://courses.washington.edu/rfka/; a a compartmental and numerical
modeling program (two separate programs actually) which can be used in the
analysis of pharmacokinetic, pharmacodynamic and enzyme kinetic studies with
an excellent (simplistic) user interface. It contains no "canned" models -
but the compartment tool has several tools for setting up different modes of
administration and will ofcourse also handle repeated dosing (constant or
variable). It can handle compicated linear models ans simple non linear
models. It can also be used both for fitting models to a dataset as well as
for simulating models.
My view is that when teaching, even at the under-graduate level, one should
stay away from programs with a multitude of "canned" (pre-defined) models. I
have seen far too many examples of how the erroneous use of such systems can
lead to completely absurd results. After all, we need to teach students
exactly what they are doing and why- and the construction of the modell
itself (and its components) is maybe the most important part of that
process.
I have some experience in using the program in a "classroom setting" and you
are welcome to mail me on
n.o.hoem.-a-.farmasi.uio.no to exchange experiences.
Good luck:
Nils Ove Hoem, Ph. D.
Associate professor,
Department of Pharmacology; School of Pharmacy
University of Oslo
POB 1068 Blindern
N-0316 Oslo
Norway
Phone: +47 22 856546
Mobile:+47 92681158
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From: "Sreenivasa Rao Vanapalli"
To:
Subject: RE: PharmPK Software for Teaching
Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2000 09:46:52 -0700
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Dear Duncan
I can suggest you good PK/PD software available for free download is
BOOMER. It is good software for teaching PK/PD and simulations. In fact you
can download manual for the software too. Dr.David.W.A.Bourne has been using
the software to teach pharmacokinetics to the students in our college. And
moreover it is easy to use and a compiled program. It is available on
"http://www.boomer.org/
Dr.Bourne has written a book "Mathematical Modeling of Pharmacokinetic
Data". The publisher is Technomic Publishing House.I hope this book really
helps you a lot on from scratch to final output. Its a well written book.
Sreenivasa rao Vanapalli
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From: "Dominic John"
To:
Subject: Re: PharmPK Software for Teaching
Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2000 12:59:38 -0700
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I apologise if this appears to be an advert but the software we have may be
apt for you needs. We have recently released a new modelling software
package called ModelMaker 4. The software is ideal for teaching modeling to
students leaving the students time to concentrate on the models, not the
software. Requiring no programming, ModelMaker provides a very simple
compartmental type interface to design models from scratch whilst still
having in-depth features such as sensitivity analysis, Monte Carlo analysis,
optimisation and simulation.
Anyone who would like a free fully functional 30-day trial (2.5MB + 5MB for
the PDF manuals) can download a trial from our website at
http://www.modelkinetix.com
The academic price of the software is 230 USD for a single user electronic
license and prices range up to 2200 USD for a 50-user license. These prices
are identical for server installation.
Dominic John
ModelKientix.com
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Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2000 03:30:43 -0700 (PDT)
From: "D. Foster"
To: PharmPK.-a-.boomer.org
cc: Multiple recipients of PharmPK - Sent by
Subject: Re: PharmPK Software for Teaching
I would suggest looking at SAAM II.
http://www.saam.com
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Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2000 09:11:11 -0400
From: "Pankaj V. Paranjpe"
Organization: Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
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To: PharmPK.aaa.boomer.org
Subject: Re: PharmPK Re: Software for Teaching
Hi Everyone,
Of all the suggestions for teaching software i would like to put up a case for
the software which we use here at Rutgers-STELLA. for Systems Thinking
Experimental Learning Laboratory with Animation. One can simulate simple
processes as constant rates, multiple doses, IV dose, distribution, elimination
using this very user friendly software available from High Performance Systems.
Although, STELLA is not a strictly PK software and can be used for
lots of other
applications it works good for teaching basic PK concepts. It can especially
enhance your lectures rather than working as a full fledged lab.
There is a book
published by the Ellis Horwood series in pharmacological sciences on using
STELLA for PK modelling.
Hope this helps.
Pankaj
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This e-mail is copy of previously send to a.duncan.-a-.rgu.ac.uk
Dear Alistair Duncan,
As regard to your request about any suitable pharmacokinetic
software for teaching/demonstration/assessment purposes I would
ike to recommended you to visit our web page. Its address is the
following:
http://www.ub.es/farcli/wp0.htm
If you select the English version and within this "teaching activities"
you will find some material about on-line courses of PK.
Besides, if you selec pregaduated level in that position you could
find different programmes belonging to PCCAL (Bath University)
that we are using with our students from a long time.
Yours sincerely,
Prof. Dr. Eduardo L. Mari=F1o
University of Barcelona.
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