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Pharmacology I Notes (S-4)

Pharmacology Notes

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Unit 1

Introduction to Pharmacology & Pharmacokinetics

Unit I covers General Pharmacology: definition, history, drug sources, essential drugs, administration routes, receptor concepts, drug tolerance, allergy. It also includes pharmacokinetics—ADME, enzyme induction/inhibition, and elimination kinetics.

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Unit 2

Pharmacodynamics & Drug Interaction

This Unit II covers pharmacodynamics, receptor types and mechanisms, dose-response, drug interactions, adverse effects, and factors affecting drug action. It also includes drug discovery, clinical trials, and pharmacovigilance.

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peripheral nervous system in pharmacology I

Unit 3

Drugs acting on peripheral nervous system

Unit 3 covers drugs acting on the peripheral nervous system: ANS structure and function, neurotransmission, and neurotransmitter types. It includes parasympathomimetics, sympathomimetics, neuromuscular blockers, local anesthetics, and drugs for myasthenia gravis and glaucoma.

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Unit 4

Pharmacology of Drugs acting on CNS

Unit IV focuses on CNS pharmacology, emphasizing neurohumoral transmission and key neurotransmitters like GABA, glutamate, glycine, serotonin, and dopamine. It includes general and pre-anesthetics, sedatives, hypnotics, centrally acting muscle relaxants, antiepileptics, alcohols, and disulfiram.

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Unit 5

Psychotropic Drugs

Unit V covers CNS-acting drugs including psychopharmacological agents like antipsychotics, antidepressants, anxiolytics, anti-manics, and hallucinogens. It also includes drugs for Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s, CNS stimulants, nootropics, opioid analgesics/antagonists, and topics on drug abuse, addiction, tolerance, and dependence.

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