Pharmacology for Dental and Allied Health Sciences

SECTION 1: GENERAL PHARMACOLOGY


1. Introduction and Sources of Drugs


2. Routes of Drug Administration


3. Pharmacokinetics


4. Pharmacodynamics


5. Adverse Drug Reactions, Drug Interactions, Drug Nomenclature and Essential Drugs Concept


SECTION 2: AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM


6. Introduction to Autonomic Pharmacology


7. Cholinergic System


8. Anticholinergic Drugs


9. Skeletal Muscle Relaxants.


10. Adrenergic System


11. Adrenergic Antagonists


SECTION 3: DRUGS ACTING ON THE KIDNEY


12. Diuretics and Antidiuretics


SECTION 4: CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM


13. Cardiac Glycosides and Treatment of Cardiac Failure.


14. Calcium Channel Blockers


15. Antiarrhythmic Drugs


16. Drugs Used in Angina Pectoris and Myocardial Infarction


17. Antihypertensive Drugs


18. Plasma Expanders and Pharmacotherapy of Shock


SECTION 5: CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM.


19. General Anesthetics.


20. Local Anesthetics.


21. Sedative Hypnotics.


22. Alcohols


23. Antiepileptics


24. Drugs used in Parkinsonism


25. Opioid Analgesics


26. Nonsteroidal Anti-inflammatory Drugs


27. Drugs Used in Rheumatoid Arthritis and Gout.


28. Drugs Used in Psychiatric Disorders.


29. CNS Stimulants


SECTION 6: AUTACOIDS


30. Autacoids


SECTION 7: RESPIRATORY SYSTEM.


31. Drugs Acting on Respiratory System.SECTION 8: BLOOD


32. Hematopoietic System


SECTION 9: GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT


33. Drugs Used in the Gastrointestinal Disorders.SECTION 10: CHEMOTHERAPY


34. General Considerations


35. Sulfonamides, Cotrimoxazole and Quinolones


36. Beta-lactam Antibiotics


37. Broad Spectrum Antibiotics


38. Aminoglycosides


39. Macrolides, Other Antibacterial Agents and Chemotherapy of Urinary Tract Infections


SECTION 11: CHEMOTHERAPY II


40. Chemotherapy of Tuberculosis and Leprosy


41. Antifungal Drugs


42. Antiviral Drugs


43. Chemotherapy of Malaria


44. Drugs Used in Amoebiasis, Leishmaniasis and Trypanosomiasis


45. Anthelmintics


46. Cancer Chemotherapy


SECTION 12: HORMONES


47. Hypothalamus and Anterior Pituitary Hormones


53. Agents Affecting Bone Mineral Turnover


SECTION 13: MISCELLANEOUS DRUGS


54. Miscellaneous Drugs


SECTION 14: DENTAL PHARMACOLOGY


55. Dental Pharmacology


Medical Emergencies in Dental Practice


Index