PHARMACOLOGY- The Only Connecting Link Between Pharmacists and Doctors...
The pharmacology section in the GPAT syllabus deals with the 'Anatomy, Physiology and Pathophysiology' (APP) part which most of us have studied in the first two years of Bachelor's course in Pharmacy and of course the pharmacology part which we studied in the last two years of our B. Pharmacy.
Many students will try to focus only on the pharmacology part and will try to neglect the APP part as the common sense itself says that pharmacology is much more important than learning APP part. But please don't nurture this misconception as it will prove costly during GPAT exam. It is very much important to focus on both the parts equally since you don't know which questions may appear in your GPAT paper slot.
(My personal experience- In my paper, almost 4-5 questions were asked from APP and just 2-3 questions from pharmacology.)
In APP part it is very much important to focus on pathophysiology of disease/disorders and general anatomy part (especially of bones, joints, spinal cord, heart, brain etc- try to focus more on important organs of our body).
In pathophysiology of disease you should be clear about the mechanism of cause of disease/disorders, life cycle (if any) of parasite e.g. malaria, causative microbe and the affected organ.
In pharmacology part ,try to focus more on the mechanism of action of drug in treating a particular disease/disorder, pharmacological actions of drug, major side-effects or adverse drug reactions reported, contraindications of drug in certain circumstances or in the presence of certain drug or an already-present disease in the patient.
Side-effects, adverse drug reactions and contraindications of major drugs should be thorough enough since the are one of the favorite questions asked in GPAT. (E.g. Steven-Johnson syndrome is a side effect of antibiotics and sulfa drugs OR "X" class of drugs should not be administered during the therapy of "Y" class of drugs etc.)
TIP- It is better to start (and of course) complete the study preparation for 'PHARMACEUTICAL MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY' and 'PHARMACOLOGY' simultaneously at one go since they are pretty much inter-related. You learn the chemistry, structure activity relationship in pharmaceutical medicinal chemistry while you continue learning the pharmacological aspects of the drug like mechanism of action, side-effects etc in pharmacology. The book "Foye's Pinciples of Medicinal Chemistry"- 7th Edition has included a lot of pharmacology part too. But still for some part you need to refer the pharmacology books also.
RECOMMENDED BOOKS-
ANATOMY, PHYSIOLOGY AND PATHOPHYSIOLOGY-
1. Gerard J. Tortora and Bryan Derrickson, "Principles of Anatomy and Physiology", 13th Edition, Wiley publishers, Volumes-1 & 2, 2012.
2. Anne Waugh and Allison Grant, "Ross and Wilson- ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY in Health and Illness", 11th Edition, Elsevier Publishers, 2010.
PHARMACOLOGY-
3. H.P. Rang, M.M. Dale, J.M. Ritter, R.J. Flower, G. Henderson, "Rang and Dale's Pharmacology", 7th Edition, Elsevier Health Sciences Publishers, 2011. (ONLINE e-BOOK AVAILABLE FOR FREE)
4. B.G. Katzung, S.B. Masters, A.J. Trevor, "Basic and Clinical Pharmacology", 12th Edition, TMGH Publishers, 2012.
5. Thomas L. Lemke, David A. Williams, Victoria F. Roche, S. William Zito, "Foye's Principles of Medicinal Chemistry", 7th Edition, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins Publishers, 2013.
ANATOMY, PHYSIOLOGY AND PATHOPHYSIOLOGY-
Basic Principles of Cell Injury and Adaptations- 1,2
Basic Mechanisms involved in the process of inflammation and repair- 1,2
Immunopathophysiology- 1,2
Pathophysiology of Common Diseases (PLEASE SEE THE DISEASES IN THE SYLLABUS AND START YOUR PREPARATION)- 1,2,3,4,5 (Some diseases are mentioned in one book while the others are mentioned in other, So search accordingly)
Important Disorders of Organs, Systems and their Management-
(PLEASE SEE THE DISEASES IN THE SYLLABUS AND START YOUR PREPARATION)
a. Cardio-vascular disorders- 1,2
b. CNS Disorders- 1,2,3,4
c. Respiratory disease- 1
d. Gastrointestinal Disorders- 1,2
e. Endocrine Disorders- 1,2
f. Infectious Diseases- 1,2
g. Joint and Connective tissue disorders- 1,2
h. Neoplastic Diseases- 1,2,3,4
PHARMACOLOGY PART-
Fundamentals of general pharmacology- 3,4
Pharmacology of Peripheral Nervous System- 3,4,5
Pharmacology of Central Nervous System- 3,4,5
Pharmacology of Cardiovascular System- 3,4,5
Drugs Acting on the Hemopoietic System- 3,4,5
Drugs acting on urinary system- 3,4
Autacoids- 3,4
Drugs Acting on the Respiratory System- 3,4
Drugs acting on the Gastrointestinal Tract- 3,4
Pharmacology of Endocrine System- 3,4
Chemotherapy- 3,4,5
Principles of Toxicology- 3,4
Basic Concepts of Pharmacotherapy- 3,4
This was all about 'PHARMACOLOGY' part.. In the next part we would cover all of 'PHARMACOGNOSY' on the next part...!!
Hope you would have liked this part, too.. Any kind of feedback and suggestions are welcome by our team !!!
-Darwin
[GPAT-2014- All India Rank (AIR)- 619)
NIPER-JEE-2014 AIR-25 and
The pharmacology section in the GPAT syllabus deals with the 'Anatomy, Physiology and Pathophysiology' (APP) part which most of us have studied in the first two years of Bachelor's course in Pharmacy and of course the pharmacology part which we studied in the last two years of our B. Pharmacy.
Many students will try to focus only on the pharmacology part and will try to neglect the APP part as the common sense itself says that pharmacology is much more important than learning APP part. But please don't nurture this misconception as it will prove costly during GPAT exam. It is very much important to focus on both the parts equally since you don't know which questions may appear in your GPAT paper slot.
(My personal experience- In my paper, almost 4-5 questions were asked from APP and just 2-3 questions from pharmacology.)
In APP part it is very much important to focus on pathophysiology of disease/disorders and general anatomy part (especially of bones, joints, spinal cord, heart, brain etc- try to focus more on important organs of our body).
In pathophysiology of disease you should be clear about the mechanism of cause of disease/disorders, life cycle (if any) of parasite e.g. malaria, causative microbe and the affected organ.
In pharmacology part ,try to focus more on the mechanism of action of drug in treating a particular disease/disorder, pharmacological actions of drug, major side-effects or adverse drug reactions reported, contraindications of drug in certain circumstances or in the presence of certain drug or an already-present disease in the patient.
Side-effects, adverse drug reactions and contraindications of major drugs should be thorough enough since the are one of the favorite questions asked in GPAT. (E.g. Steven-Johnson syndrome is a side effect of antibiotics and sulfa drugs OR "X" class of drugs should not be administered during the therapy of "Y" class of drugs etc.)
TIP- It is better to start (and of course) complete the study preparation for 'PHARMACEUTICAL MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY' and 'PHARMACOLOGY' simultaneously at one go since they are pretty much inter-related. You learn the chemistry, structure activity relationship in pharmaceutical medicinal chemistry while you continue learning the pharmacological aspects of the drug like mechanism of action, side-effects etc in pharmacology. The book "Foye's Pinciples of Medicinal Chemistry"- 7th Edition has included a lot of pharmacology part too. But still for some part you need to refer the pharmacology books also.
RECOMMENDED BOOKS-
ANATOMY, PHYSIOLOGY AND PATHOPHYSIOLOGY-
1. Gerard J. Tortora and Bryan Derrickson, "Principles of Anatomy and Physiology", 13th Edition, Wiley publishers, Volumes-1 & 2, 2012.
2. Anne Waugh and Allison Grant, "Ross and Wilson- ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY in Health and Illness", 11th Edition, Elsevier Publishers, 2010.
PHARMACOLOGY-
3. H.P. Rang, M.M. Dale, J.M. Ritter, R.J. Flower, G. Henderson, "Rang and Dale's Pharmacology", 7th Edition, Elsevier Health Sciences Publishers, 2011. (ONLINE e-BOOK AVAILABLE FOR FREE)
4. B.G. Katzung, S.B. Masters, A.J. Trevor, "Basic and Clinical Pharmacology", 12th Edition, TMGH Publishers, 2012.
5. Thomas L. Lemke, David A. Williams, Victoria F. Roche, S. William Zito, "Foye's Principles of Medicinal Chemistry", 7th Edition, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins Publishers, 2013.
ANATOMY, PHYSIOLOGY AND PATHOPHYSIOLOGY-
Basic Principles of Cell Injury and Adaptations- 1,2
Basic Mechanisms involved in the process of inflammation and repair- 1,2
Immunopathophysiology- 1,2
Pathophysiology of Common Diseases (PLEASE SEE THE DISEASES IN THE SYLLABUS AND START YOUR PREPARATION)- 1,2,3,4,5 (Some diseases are mentioned in one book while the others are mentioned in other, So search accordingly)
Important Disorders of Organs, Systems and their Management-
(PLEASE SEE THE DISEASES IN THE SYLLABUS AND START YOUR PREPARATION)
a. Cardio-vascular disorders- 1,2
b. CNS Disorders- 1,2,3,4
c. Respiratory disease- 1
d. Gastrointestinal Disorders- 1,2
e. Endocrine Disorders- 1,2
f. Infectious Diseases- 1,2
g. Joint and Connective tissue disorders- 1,2
h. Neoplastic Diseases- 1,2,3,4
PHARMACOLOGY PART-
Fundamentals of general pharmacology- 3,4
Pharmacology of Peripheral Nervous System- 3,4,5
Pharmacology of Central Nervous System- 3,4,5
Pharmacology of Cardiovascular System- 3,4,5
Drugs Acting on the Hemopoietic System- 3,4,5
Drugs acting on urinary system- 3,4
Autacoids- 3,4
Drugs Acting on the Respiratory System- 3,4
Drugs acting on the Gastrointestinal Tract- 3,4
Pharmacology of Endocrine System- 3,4
Chemotherapy- 3,4,5
Principles of Toxicology- 3,4
Basic Concepts of Pharmacotherapy- 3,4
This was all about 'PHARMACOLOGY' part.. In the next part we would cover all of 'PHARMACOGNOSY' on the next part...!!
Hope you would have liked this part, too.. Any kind of feedback and suggestions are welcome by our team !!!
-Darwin
[GPAT-2014- All India Rank (AIR)- 619)
NIPER-JEE-2014 AIR-25 and
ICT-BPT-CET-2014 AIR-7 ]
Ist year M, Tech (Bioprocess Technology-BPT)-2014-16,
Institute of Chemical Technology, Matunga, Mumbai.
Ist year M, Tech (Bioprocess Technology-BPT)-2014-16,
Institute of Chemical Technology, Matunga, Mumbai.
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