Week - 1 |
Introduction to pharmacology and its functional role in the pharmacy, knowledge of homeostasis, description of disease state, general characteristics of progressive and non-progressive diseases |
Week - 2 |
Description of drug concept, types of therapy and pharmacotherapy: descriptive differences between radical, symptomatic and palliative therapies, subdivisions of pharmacology: pharmacodynamics, pharmacokinetics, etc. |
Week - 3 |
Phases of a new drug development: preclinical phase, clinical phases (phase I, II, III and IV studies), safety studies, pharmacovigilance, post-marketing surveillance, importance of pharmacoepidemiological surveys |
Week - 4 |
Mechanisms of drug action:Non-specific and specific mechanisms (sites of action for drugs), receptors, ion channels, ion pumps, enzymes, pharmacodynamic interactions |
Week - 5 |
Drug receptors: Receptor theories, structures of receptors and their structural types, receptor biosynthesis and turnovers, drugs affecting receptors, Ion channels: Ion channel types and affecting drugs |
Week - 6 |
Drug receptors: Receptor theories, structures of receptors and their structural types, receptor biosynthesis and turnovers, drugs affecting receptors, Ion channels: Ion channel types and affecting drugs |
Week - 7 |
Explanation of the in vitro research techniques used in new drug development. |
Week - 8 |
Explanation of the in vivo research techniques used in new drug development. |
Week - 9 |
Used in the experiments give information about animals and ethical guidelines must be followed. |
Week - 10 |
Give information about blood pressure measurement methods . |
Week - 11 |
Explanation of behavioral experiment. |
Week - 12 |
Explanation of analgesic and anti-inflammatory test methods. |
Week - 13 |
Laboratory demonstration |
Week - 14 |
Laboratory demonstration |