MEDICAL SPECIALITY SUBJECTS

 

POST GRADUATE DEGREE STANDARD

PAPER -I CODE: 091

1) General Pharmacology
a) Pharmacokinetics
b) Pharmacodynamics
c) Adverse drug reaction and Drug interactions
d) Principles and Mechanism of drug action
e) Factors modifying drug action
f) Experimental Pharmacology & Drug evaluation

2) Clinical Pharamacology
a) Concepts of Essential drug and rational drug therapy.
b) Embryonic and foetal pharamacology, Perinatal pharamacology, Geriatric
pharmacology
c) Ethical and Modalities of new drugs development-(Preclinical studies
and clinical trials)
d) Placebo
e) Pharmacokinetic and Dynamic changes in diseases

3) Toxicology
a) Principles of toxicology and treatment of poisoning
b) Heavy Metals and their Antagonists
c) Non metallic environmental toxicants
d) Drug dependence and treatment

4) Ocular Pharmacology

5) Dermatological Pharmacology

6) Therapeutic gases

7) Autonomic Nervous System
a) Adrenergic System
b) Cholinergic System
c) Parkinsonism
8) Cardio Vascular System
a) Drugs used in Heart Failure
b) Drugs used in Ischaemic Heart Diseases
c) Antiarrhythmic Agents
d) Antihypertensives
e) Lipid lowering drugs
f) Mnagemnet of Shock

9) Blood
a) Haemopoietic agents
b) Haemostatics, Anticoagulants, thrombolytics ann antiplatelets.

10) Renal Pharmacology
a) Drugs affecting renal conservation of water
b) Diuretics
c) Nephrotoxic Drugs.

PAPER - II
1) Central Nervous System
a) General Anaesthetics
b) Analgesics - Opioids and NSAIDS
c) Antiepileptics
d) Psychopharmacology
e) Hypnosedatives
f) Pharmacotherapy of Migraine
2) Local Anaesthetics

3) Autocoids and their Antagonists

4) Respiratory System
a) Bronchial Asthma
b) Antitussives
c) Mucolytics
d) Nasal Decongesants

5) Immuno Modulators

6) Enzymes in Therapy and Vitamins

7) Hormones and Their antagonists

8) Chemotherapy
a) General Principles of Chemotherapy
b) Chemotherapy of Microbial diseases including viral and fungal infection
c) Chemotherapy of Parasitic diseases
d) Chemotherapy of Malignancy
e) Antiseptics and disinfectants

9) Drugs acting on uterus

10) Gastro intestinal System
a) Drugs used in peptic ulcer
b) Drugs used in diarrhoea and constipation
c) Drugs used in vomiting.