PHRM-309      Pharmacology and Therapeutics-II A

This course is a graduate-level course of Pharmacology and Therapeutics-II A. This course focuses on neuropharmacology. The aim of neuropharmacology in general is to understand the basic functioning of impulses and signals within the brain in order to determine the drug response to treat neurological disorders and drug dependence. The primary objective of this course is to build up the students understanding to treat various diseases of central nervous system (CNS) such as epilepsy, depression and neurodegenerative diseases.

Contents

1. Sedatives & Hypnotic
2. Anxiolytics, antidepressants and anti-manic drugs
3. Antiepileptics
4. Antiparkinsonism and drug used in other neurodegenerative diseases
5. Antipsychotics
6. Opioid analgesics
7. Therapeutic gases (Oxygen, Carbon-dioxide, Nitric oxide and Helium
8. Cerebral Stimulants, Medullary stimulants, Spinal Cord Stimulants.
9. Anesthetics: General and local
10. Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs
11. Disease modifying anti-rhumatic drugs
12. non-opioid analgesics 
13. drugs used in the treatment of gout

Recommended Books

1. Katzung and Trevor, basic and clinical pharmacology, 14th edition.

1. Lippincott’s Illustrated Reviews. Pharmacology, Harvey and Champ. 2009, 4th edition, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, Baltimore

Suggested Books

1. Goodman and Gilman’s the pharmacological basis of Therapeutics, Ed. Brunton, Lazo and parker 2008, 12th edition McGraw Hill, New York

2. Tripathi, KD Essentials of Medical Pharmacology by KD Tripathi, 2009. 6th edition Jayee Brothers, New Delhi

3. Trevor, Katzung and Masters. Katzung and Trevor’s Pharmacology Examination and Board Reviews, 2008, 8th edition, McGraw Hill Lange, Boston.