Unit 1

1. Pharmacology of drugs acting on Respiratory system

• Anti -asthmatic drugs
• Drugs used in the management of COPD
• Expectorants and antitussives
• Nasal decongestants
• Respiratory stimulants

2. Pharmacology of drugs acting on the Gastrointestinal Tract

• Antiulcer agents.
• Drugs for constipation and diarrhoea.
• Appetite stimulants and suppressants.
• Digestants and carminatives.
• Emetics and anti-emetics.

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Unit 2

3. Chemotherapy

• General principles of chemotherapy.
• Sulfonamides and cotrimoxazole.
• Antibiotics- Penicillins, cephalosporins, chloramphenicol, macrolides, quinolones and fluoroquinolins, tetracycline and aminoglycosides

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Unit 3

3. Chemotherapy

• Antitubercular agents
• Antileprotic agents
• Antifungal agents
• Antiviral drugs
• Anthelmintics
• Antimalarial drugs
• Antiamoebic agents

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Unit 4

3. Chemotherapy

• Urinary tract infections and sexually transmitted diseases.
• Chemotherapy of malignancy

4.Immunopharmacology

• Immunostimulants
• Immunosuppressant Protein drugs, monoclonal antibodies, target drugs to antigen, biosimilars

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Unit 5

5. Principles of toxicology

• Definition and basic knowledge of acute, subacute and chronic toxicity.
• Definition and basic knowledge of genotoxicity, carcinogenicity, teratogenicity and mutagenicity
• General principles of treatment of poisoning
• Clinical symptoms and management of barbiturates, morphine, organophosphosphorus compound and lead, mercury and arsenic poisoning.

6.Chronopharmacology

• Definition of rhythm and cycles.
• Biological clock and their significance leading to chronotherapy

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