'Pharmacology I Theory' is a course offered in the fourth semester of B. Pharm program at School of Pharmacy, Health Sciences campus, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham.
Course Duration: 45 Hours
The main purpose of the subject is to understand what drugs do to the living organisms and how their effects can be applied to therapeutics. The subject covers the information about the drugs like, mechanism of action, physiological and biochemical effects (pharmacodynamics) as well as absorption, distribution, metabolism and excretion (pharmacokinetics) along with the adverse effects, clinical uses, interactions, doses, contraindications and routes of administration of different classes of drugs.
Upon completion of this course the student should be able to
Unit I (08 Hours)
General Pharmacology
Unit II (12 Hours)
General Pharmacology
Unit III (10 Hours)
Pharmacology of drugs acting on peripheral nervous system
Unit IV (08 Hours)
Pharmacology of drugs acting on central nervous system
Unit V (07 Hours)
Pharmacology of drugs acting on central nervous system