PHARMACOLOGY & PHARMACO THERAPEUTICS



 Principles of Pharmacokinetics.

            A. Revision of Basic concepts.
            B. Clinical Pharmacokinetics.
      1. Dose – response in man 
            2. Influence of renal and hepatic disease on Pharmacokinetics 
            3. Therapeutics drug monitoring
            4. Population Pharmacokinetics.


 
              Basics in clinical pharmacology
              Clinical trials of drugs,design of clinical trials
              Therapeutic drug monitoring and critieria for TDM.
 Adverse Drug Reactions, Drug Interactions and   ADR monitoring.
    


Pathophysiology and drug therapy of the following disorders.

Schizophrenia, anxiety, depression, epilepsy, Parkinson’s Alzheimer’s diseases Migraine hypertension, angina pectoris, arrhythmias, atherosclerosis, myocardial infraction, TB, leprosy, leukemia, solid tumors, lymphomas, psoriasis, respiratory, urinary , g.i. tract infections, endocarditic, fungal and HIV infection, rheumatoid arthritis, glaucoma, menstrual disorders, menopause.



Drug therapy and Pharmacokinetics in
            a. Geriatrics
            b. Pediatrics
            c. Pregnancy & Lactation. 


Pharmacogenetics: Historical aspects of pharmacogenetics, biomarkers, inter-racial and individual variability in drugs metabolism., receptors .Role of drug transporters, interethnic differences, clinical view points and future perspectives, stem cell – a new therapeutic approach. Gene therapy, Pharmacovigilance concepts and its impact.