This manual contains educational material on the course of pharmacology for students of medical institutes and faculties and can be an addition to the textbook. The manual provides information on the main patterns of pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics, the main groups of modern drugs and the most common drugs. The sections on drugs widely used in practical medicine (antianginal, antihypertensive, anti-inflammatory drugs, etc.) are described in the most detail. At the same time, more general information is given about the means used by narrow specialists (antiepileptic, antiblastoma agents, etc.).