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Pharmacology III

This document outlines the course objectives, outcomes, and units of a pharmacology course for third year B.Pharm students. The course aims to teach students about the classification, mechanisms of action, therapeutic effects, clinical uses, side effects, and contraindications of drugs acting on the respiratory, gastrointestinal, and infectious disease systems. It also covers principles of toxicology, chemotherapy, immunopharmacology, and chronopharmacology. The five units cover pharmacology of the respiratory and gastrointestinal systems, various classes of antibiotics and other anti-infective drugs, immunology, toxicology, and recommended textbooks for the course.

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Pharmacology III

This document outlines the course objectives, outcomes, and units of a pharmacology course for third year B.Pharm students. The course aims to teach students about the classification, mechanisms of action, therapeutic effects, clinical uses, side effects, and contraindications of drugs acting on the respiratory, gastrointestinal, and infectious disease systems. It also covers principles of toxicology, chemotherapy, immunopharmacology, and chronopharmacology. The five units cover pharmacology of the respiratory and gastrointestinal systems, various classes of antibiotics and other anti-infective drugs, immunology, toxicology, and recommended textbooks for the course.

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PS602; PHARMACOLOGY - III

B.Pharm. III Year II Sem. L T/P/ C


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Course Objectives: This subject is intended to impart the fundamental knowledge on various aspects
(classification, mechanism of action, therapeutic effects, clinical uses, side effects and
contraindications) of drugs acting on respiratory and gastrointestinal system, infectious diseases,
immuno-pharmacology and in addition, emphasis on the principles of toxicology and
chronopharmacology.

Course Outcomes: Upon completion of this course the student should be able to:
 Understand the mechanism of drug action and its relevance in the treatment of different
infectious diseases
 Comprehend the principles of toxicology and treatment of various poisonings and appreciate
correlation of pharmacology with related medical sciences.

UNIT- I 10 hours
1. Pharmacology of drugs acting on Respiratory system
a. Anti -asthmatic drugs
b. Drugs used in the management of COPD
c. Expectorants and antitussives
d. Nasal decongestants
e. Respiratory stimulants
2. Pharmacology of drugs acting on the Gastrointestinal Tract
a. Antiulcer agents.
b. Drugs for constipation and diarrhoea.
c. Appetite stimulants and suppressants.
d. Digestants and carminatives.
e. Emetics and anti-emetics.

UNIT – II 10 hours
Chemotherapy
a. General principles of chemotherapy.
b. Sulfonamides and cotrimoxazole.
c. Antibiotics - Penicillins, cephalosporins, chloramphenicol, macrolides, quinolones and
fluoroquinolins, tetracycline and aminoglycosides

UNIT – III 10 hours


Chemotherapy
a. Antitubercular agents
b. Antileprotic agents
c. Antifungal agents
d. Antiviral drugs
e. Anthelmintics
f. Antimalarial drugs
g. Antiamoebic agents

UNIT – IV 08 hours
1. Chemotherapy
a. Urinary tract infections and sexually transmitted diseases.
Chemotherapy of malignancy.
2. Immunopharmacology
a. Immunostimulants
b. Immunosuppressant
c. Protein drugs, monoclonal antibodies, target drugs to antigen, biosimilars

UNIT – V 07 hours
Principles of toxicology
a. Definition and basic knowledge of acute, subacute and chronic toxicity.
b. Definition and basic knowledge of genotoxicity, carcinogenicity, teratogenicity and mutagenicity
c. General principles of treatment of poisoning
d. Clinical symptoms and management of barbiturates, morphine, organ ophosphosphorus
compound and lead, mercury and arsenic poisoning.

Recommended Books (Latest Editions)


1. Rang H. P., Dale M. M., Ritter J. M., Flower R. J., Rang and Dale’s Pharmacology,
2. Churchill Livingstone Elsevier
3. Katzung B. G., Masters S. B., Trevor A. J., Basic and clinical pharmacology, Tata Mc Graw-Hill
4. Goodman and Gilman’s, The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics
5. Marry Anne K. K., Lloyd Yee Y., Brian K. A., Robbin L.C., Joseph G. B., Wayne A. K., Bradley
R.W., Applied Therapeutics, The Clinical use of Drugs. The Point Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
6. Mycek M. J, Gelnet S. B and Perper M.M. Lippincott’s Illustrated Reviews-Pharmacology
7. K. D. Tripathi. Essentials of Medical Pharmacology, , JAYPEE Brothers Medical Publishers (P)
Ltd, New Delhi.
8. Sharma H. L., Sharma K. K., Principles of Pharmacology, Paras medical publisher Modern
Pharmacology with clinical Applications, by Charles R. Craig& Robert,
9. Ghosh MN. Fundamentals of Experimental Pharmacology. Hilton & Company, Kolkata,
10. Kulkarni SK. Handbook of experimental pharmacology. Vallabh Prakashan,
11. N. Udupa and P.D. Gupta, Concepts in Chronopharmacology.

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