General Pharmacology for BDS: Course Outline
Pharmacology is the study of drugs. It involves examining the interactions of chemical substances with living systems, with a view to understanding the properties of drugs and their actions, including the interactions between drug molecules and receptors.
Course Outline
General Pharmacology
- Definition of drug and drug nomenclature
- Branches/Divisions of pharmacology
- Sources of drugs
- Active principles of drug and Pharmacology
- Dosage forms and doses of drugs
- Drug administration
- Absorption of drugs and processes involved in drug absorption
- Factors modifying absorption of drugs
- Transport of drugs across cell-membrane
- Bio availability, its clinical significance and factors affecting bio availability
- Drugs reservoirs, distribution and redistribution of drugs, plasma protein binding
- Pro-drug, Bio-transformation of drugs, enzyme induction, enzyme inhibition and entero-hepatic circulation
- Plasma half-life of drugs, steady state concentration, its clinical importance and factors affecting it
- Excretion of drugs
- Mechanism of drug action
- Dose response curves, structure-activity relationship
- Factors modifying action and doses of drugs
- Pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics and receptors
Locally Acting Drugs
- Demulcents, Emollients, Irritants, Counter irritants, Astringents, antiseborrheics, locally acting enzymes
- Antiseptics and disinfectants
- Ectoparasiticides
Drugs Acting on Gastrointestinal Tract:
- Anti emetics
Cardiovascular Drugs
- Antiarrythmic drugs
- Ionotropic drugs
- Antianginal drugs
- Thrombolytics
- Antihyperlipidemic drugs
Cholinergic Drugs
- Choline esters
- Anticholine-Esterases
- Cholinomimetic alkaloids
Anti- Cholinergic Drugs
- Anti muscarinic
- Non catecholamine
Sympatholytics/Antiadrenergics
- Alpha adrenergic blockers
- Beta adrenergic receptor blockers
Skeletal Muscle Relaxants
- Neuromuscular blocking agents
- D-Tubocurarine
- Suxamethanin
- Central muscle relaxants
- Meprobromate
- Mephenesim
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Central Nervous System
- Sedative-Hypnotics
- Antiepileptics
- General anaesthetics
- Local anesthetics
- Drugs for movement disorder/muscle relaxant
- Alcohol
- Drugs for Migraine
- Stimulants of the central nervous system
- Caffeine
- Theophyline
- Theobromine
- Brain stem stimulants
- Picrotoxin
- Nikethamide
- Ethamivan
- Doxapram
- Psychopharmacology
- Anti-Psychotics
- Anxiolytics
- Anti-Depressant/Anti mania
Drugs acting on Endocrine System
- Drugs-Hypothalamic drugs
- Adrenocorticoids
- Sex hormones
- Thyroid/Parathyroid drugs
- Pancreatic hormones and oral hypoplyglcemic agents
Antibiotics
Parameters
- Provisional diagnosis
- Investigation
- Empirical therapy
- Prescribing after culture and sensitivity
Vitamins
Parameters
- Groups of vitamins prescribed
- Vitamins prescribed on basis of therapeutic indication or empirical
- Single / multiple vitamins prescribing
- Rational with use of vitamins
Analgesics
Parameters
- Various groups of analgesics prescribed
- Single/Multiple adverse drug prescription
- Nonspecific indications of analgesic prescribed
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