Clinical Pharmacy: Course Outline (711-VIA)

1.Rational use of drugs

• Rational prescribing rational dispensing
• Problems of irrational drug use
• Learning about drug use problem
• Sampling to study drug use
• Indicators of drug use

2. Introduction to essential drugs

• Criteria for selection usage and advantages development of EDL

3. Disease management

1 Unit V

• Central nervous system unit
• Stroke
• Epilepsy
• Psychosis

2 Unit VI

• Infectiuos diseases
• Meningitis
• Tuberclosis
• Dermatological infections
• Rabies
• Urinary track infection
• Malaria fever
• Typhoid fever
• Fungal infections of skin
• Dengue fever
• Common cold
• Pharyngitis & tonsillitis
• Conjunctivitis)

3 Unit VII

• Endocrinlology unit
• Diabeties mellitus
• Hyper/hypo thyroidism
• Pitutary gland non-malingnant disorders

4..Drug utilzation evaluation & drug utilization review (due/dur)

• Development of protocol of use of few very low therapeutic index drug groups like Steroids
• Vancomycin and cimetidine

5.Clinical pharmacokinetics

• Therapeutic drug monitoring of digoxin
• Theophyline
• Gentamycin
• Lithium
• Phenytoin
•  Cabamazepine
• Phenobarbitone
• Valproic Acid
• Cyclosporins
• Vancomycin