| S.No. |
Topic |
Domain
|
Hours
(as per MCI) |
| A |
General Pharmacology |
|
|
| 1. |
INTRODUCTION: Pharmacology -a foundation to clinical practice |
Must Know |
1 |
| 2. |
Routes of drug administration |
Must Know |
1 |
| 3. |
Pharmacokinetics |
Must Know |
6 |
| 4. |
Pharmacodynamics |
Must Know |
6 |
| 5. |
Adverse drug Reactions |
Must Know |
2 |
| 6. |
New drug discovery & clinical trials |
Desirable to Know |
1 |
| B |
Autonomic nervous system Pharmacology |
|
|
| 1 |
Introduction:
General considerations |
Must Know |
1 |
| 2 |
Cholinergic system and drugs |
Must Know |
2 |
| 3 |
Anticholinergic drugs,drugs acting on autonomic ganglia |
Must Know |
1 |
| 4 |
Adrenergic system and drugs |
Must Know |
1 |
| 5 |
Anti-adrenergic drugs |
Must Know |
4 |
| 6 |
Drugs for glaucoma |
Must Know |
1 |
| C |
Drugs for cough & Bronchial Asthma |
|
|
| 1 |
Introduction: Cough |
Desirable to Know |
1 |
| 2 |
Bronchial Asthma |
Must Know |
2 |
| D |
Autacoids |
|
|
| 1 |
Histamine and antihistaminics |
Must Know |
1 |
| 2 |
5-Hydroxytryptamine (5-HT), its antagonists & Drug therapy of Migraine |
Must Know |
1 |
| 3 |
Prostaglandins, Leukotrienes
(Eicosanoids) and Platelet
Activating Factor |
Desirable to Know |
1 |
| 4 |
Nonsteroidal Antiinflammatory
Drugs and Antipyretic-Analgesics |
Must Know |
2 |
| 5 |
Antirheumatoid and antigout drugs |
Must Know |
1 |
| E |
Peripheral Nervous System (PNS) Pharmacology |
|
|
| 1 |
Local anesthetics |
Must Know |
2 |
| 2 |
Skeletal muscle relaxants |
Must Know |
1 |
| F |
CNS Pharmacology |
|
|
| 1. |
Introduction to CNS Pharmacology |
Must Know |
1 |
| 2. |
General Anaesthetic |
Must Know |
2 |
| 3. |
Alcohol |
Desirable to Know |
1 |
| 4. |
Sedative-hypnotics and anxiolytic drugs |
Must Know |
2 |
| 5 |
Antiepileptic Drugs |
Must Know |
2 |
| 6 |
Antiparkinsonian Drugs |
Must Know |
1 |
| 7 |
Antipsychotic and Antimanic Drugs |
Desirable to Know |
2 |
| 8 |
Antidepressant and Antianxiety
Drugs |
Must Know |
2 |
| 9 |
Opioid analgesics & antagonists |
Must Know |
2 |
| G |
CVS Pharmacology |
|
|
| 1. |
Cardiac Electrophysiological Considerations |
Nice to Know |
1 |
| 2. |
Drugs affecting Renin- Angiotensin System and Plasma Kinins |
Must Know |
2 |
| 3. |
Cardiac Glycosides And Drugs for Heart Failure |
Must Know |
2 |
| 4. |
Anti Arrthymic Drugs |
Nice to Know |
2 |
| 5. |
Anti – Anginal And Anti Ischaemic Drugs |
Must Know |
2 |
| 6 |
Anti Hypertensive Drugs |
Must Know |
2 |
| H |
Endocrine pharmacology |
|
|
| 1 |
Hypothalamic and pituitary hormones |
Desirable to Know |
1
|
| 2 |
Thyroid Hormones and
Thyroid Inhibitors |
Must Know |
2 |
| 3 |
Insulin, Oral Hypoglycaemic
Drugs and Glucagon |
Must Know |
3 |
| 4 |
Corticosteroids |
Must Know |
2
|
| 5 |
Gonadal hormones & inhibitors |
Nice to Know |
4
|
| 6 |
Drugs Affecting Calcium Balance |
Must Know |
1
|
| I |
Gastrointestinal drugs Pharmacology
|
|
|
| 1 |
Drugs for Peptic Ulcer and Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD) |
Must Know |
1 |
| 2 |
Antiemetic, Prokinetic and Digestant Drugs
|
Must Know |
1 |
| 3 |
Drugs for Constipation and Diarrhoea
|
Must Know |
1 |
| J |
Blood Pharmacology
|
|
|
| 1 |
Haematinics and Erythropoietin
|
Must Know |
2 |
| 2 |
Drugs affecting Coagulation, Bleeding & Thrombosis |
Must Know |
3
|
| 3 |
Hypolipidaemic drugs |
Nice to Know |
1
|
| K |
Chemotherapy of microbial diseases
|
|
|
| 1 |
Principles of antimicrobial therapy
|
Must Know |
2 |
| 2 |
Folate antagonists and
Quinolones |
Must Know |
1 |
| 3 |
Inhibitors of cell wall synthesis
|
Must Know |
|
| 4 |
Protein synthesis inhibitors
|
Must Know |
2 |
| 5 |
Drugs for tuberculosis
|
Must Know |
3 |
| 6 |
Antileprotic Drugs |
Must Know |
1
|
| 7 |
Antifungal drugs |
Must Know |
1
|
| 8 |
Antiviral drugs |
Must Know |
2
|
| 9 |
Antimalarial Drugs |
Must Know |
2
|
| 10 |
Antiamoebic and Other
Antiprotozoal Drugs |
Must Know |
2 |
| 11 |
Antiparasitic drugs |
Must Know |
1
|
| 12 |
Anticancer drugs |
Nice to Know |
1
|
| L |
Miscellaneous topics
|
|
|
| 1 |
Immunopharmacology |
Desirable to Know |
1
|
| 2 |
Chelating agents |
Desirable to Know |
1
|
| 3 |
Antiseptics & Disinfectants |
Must Know |
1
|
| 4 |
Drugs acting on skin & mucous membranes |
Nice to Know |
1
|
| 5 |
Vitamins |
Must Know |
1
|
| 6 |
Vaccines & sera |
Must Know |
1
|
| 7 |
Rational pharmacotherapy |
Must Know |
1
|
