Pharmacology Study Notes

Disclaimer

The notes are a collation from the reference sources and are in no way comprehensive or representative of the originals; please read them thoroughly before proceeding. 

Reference sources:

1.    Lecture notes in Pharmacology M.B.,B.S II 1996/97

2.    Clinical Pharmacology by Laurence, Bennett and Brown, 8th Edition

3.    Basic and Clinical Pharmacology by Katzung, 6th Edition

4.    Medscape Pharmacology Resource Center

General Pharmacology

1.     Discovery and development of drugs

2.     Evaluation of drugs in man

3.    Pharmacodynamics

4.    Pharmacokinetics

5.    Chronic Pharmacology

6.    Paediatric pharmacology

7.    Geriatric pharmacology

8.    Drug interactions

9.    Unwanted effects and adverse drug reactions

10.    Poisoning, overdose, antidotes

Nonmedical use of drugs

1.    Tobacco

2.    Alcohol

3.    Psychodysleptics

Infection and Inflammation

1.    Chemotherapy of infections

2.    Antibacterial drugs

3.    Chemotherapy of bacterial infections

4.    Viral, fungal, protozoal and helminthic infections

5.    Inflammation, arthritis and NSAIDs

6.    Drugs and the skin

Nervous System

1.    Pain and analgesics

2.   Sleep and Anxiety

3.    Drugs and mental disorder

4.    Epilepsy

5.    Parkinsonism

6.    Anaesthesia and neuromuscular block

Cardiorespiratory and Renal systems

1.    Cholinergic and antimuscarinic drugs

2.    Adrenergic mechanisms

3.    Arterial hypertension

4.    Angina Pectoris

5.    Cardiac Failure

6.    Cardiac dysrhythmia

7.    Hyperlipidaemias

8.    Asthma

Blood and neoplastic disease

1.    Drugs and haemostasis

2.    Cellular disorders and anaemias

3.    Neoplastic disease and immunosuppression

Gastrointestinal System

1.    Laxatives

2.    Diarrhoea

3.    Peptic ulcer disease

Endocrine System

1.    Corticosteroids

2.    Insulin

3.    Oral antidiabetics

4.    Thyroid hormones and antithyroid drugs

5.    Oral contraceptives

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