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Week - 1
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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 |
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Week - 2
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Description of drug concept, types of therapy and pharmacotherapy: descriptive differences between radical, symptomatic and palliative therapies, subdivisions of pharmacology: pharmacodynamics, pharmacokinetics, etc. |
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Week - 3
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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 |
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Week - 4
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Mechanisms of drug action:Non-specific and specific mechanisms (sites of action for drugs), receptors, ion channels, ion pumps, enzymes, pharmacodynamic interactions |
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Week - 5
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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 |
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Week - 6
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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 |
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Week - 7
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Explanation of the in vitro research techniques used in new drug development. |
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Week - 8
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Explanation of the in vivo research techniques used in new drug development. |
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Week - 9
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Used in the experiments give information about animals and ethical guidelines must be followed. |
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Week - 10
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Give information about blood pressure measurement methods . |
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Week - 11
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Explanation of behavioral experiment. |
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Week - 12
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Explanation of analgesic and anti-inflammatory test methods. |
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Week - 13
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Laboratory demonstration |
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Week - 14
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Laboratory demonstration |