SYLLABUS
PHARMACOLOGY & TOXICOLOGY
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Chapter-1
General Pharmacology
- Introduction and scope of Pharmacology
- Various routes of drug administration – advantages and disadvantages
- Drug absorption – definition, types, factors affecting drug absorption
- Bioavailability and the factors affecting bioavailability
- Drug distribution – definition, factors affecting drug distribution
- Biotransformation of drugs – Definition, types of biotransformation reactions, factors influencing drug metabolisms
- Excretion of drugs – Definition, routes of drug excretion
Chapter-2
Drugs Acting on the Peripheral Nervous System
Steps involved in neurohumoral transmission
Definition, classification, pharmacological actions, dose, indications, and contraindications of
a) Cholinergic drugs
b) Anti-Cholinergic drugs
c) Adrenergic drugs
d) Anti-adrenergic drugs
e) Neuromuscular blocking agents
f) Drugs used in Myasthenia gravis
g) Local anaesthetic agents
h) Non-Steroidal Anti Inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs)
Chapter-3
Drugs Acting on the Eye
Definition, classification, pharmacological actions, dose, indications and contraindications of
- Miotics
- Mydriatics
- Drugs used in Glaucoma