Pharmacology-III Book B.Pharm 6th Semester

Syllabus

Module 01                                                                                         10hours

Pharmacology of Drugs Acting on Respiratory System

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

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.

Module 02                                                                                         10hours

Chemotherapy

• General principles of chemotherapy.
• Sulfonamides and cotrimoxazole.
• Antibiotics- Penicillins, cephalosporins, chloramphenicol, macrolides, quinolones and fluoroquinolins,
• Tetracycline and aminogl ycosides

Module 03                                                                                         10hours

Chemotherapy

Module 04                                                                                         08hours

Chemotherapy

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

Immunopharmacology

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

Module 05                                                                                         07hours

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.

Chronopharmacology

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