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Pharmacology and Therapeutics-I (PHT-301): Course Outline (PHT-301)

Course descriptions

This course deals with pharmacodynamics, pharmacokinetics, clinical/therapeutic uses and toxicology of drugs. Emphasis is given on how a drug works to anticipate when giving a drug to a patient are of paramount importance include administering drugs, calculating medication dosages based on given setting, assessing drug effects,intervening to make a drug more tolerable, and providing teaching about drugs and the drug regimen.

Learning objectives

Discuss prescription and/or over-the-counter medications used inthe management of a variety of patient conditions encountered during physical therapy management.

Course content

GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF PHARMACOLOGY

Various principal of pharmacology

Introduction to pharmacokinematics

Various drug dosage forms and pharmacological doses

Various routes of drug administration and their advantages/disadvantages

Factors modifying drug absorption and distribution

Major mechanisms responsible for drug metabolism

Factors modifying drug metabolism

Basic principles of drug excretion

Factors modifying drug excretion

Various mechanisms by which drugs exert their effects

Various types of pharmacological graphs Identification of the therapeutic index and therapeutic window ona given dose response curve

DRUG USED TO TREAT PAIN AND INFLAMMATION

Therapeutic uses of opioid analgesics.

Classification of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs on thebasis of mechanism of action.

Pharmacological management of rheumatoid and osteoarthritis.

Patient control analgesia

PHARMACOLOGY OF CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM

Classification of the drugs, which modulate the central

Nervous System according to their general principles, selectivity, specificity and mode of action.

Pharmacokinetics, clinical uses, contraindications, adverse effects and toxicity of drugs acting on above receptor system Sedative, hypertonic and anxiety agents

Drugs used to treat effective disorders depression and manicdepression

Antipsychotic and antiepileptic drugs

Pharmacologic management of

Parkinson disease General and local anesthetics

DRUGS AFFECTING SKELETAL MUSCLE

Skeletal Muscle Relaxants

AUTONOMIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR PHARMACOLOGY

Introduction to Autonomic Pharmacology Cholinergic,

Adrenergic and Antihypertensive

Drugs Treatment of Angina Pectoris

Treatment of Cardiac Arrhythmias

Treatment of Congestive

Heart Failure Treatment of Coagulation

Disorders and Hyperlipidemia

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