Introduction to medical pharmacology
US food and drug administration drug development
Biotransformation or metabolism
Some mechanisms of drug interactions
2. Autonomic nervous system pharmacology
Review of autonomic physiology
Parasympathomimetic and parasympatholytic drugs
Sympathomimetics and adrenergic blockers
3. Drugs affecting cardiovascular function
Section 1: Treatment of hypertension
Section 2: Heart failure: Treatment of heart failure
Section 3: Treatment of angina pectoris
Section 4: Treatment of acute coronary syndrome
Section 5: Antiarrhythmic drugs
Section 6: Treatment of dyslipidemia
Section 7: Antiplatelets (Mind Map 3.6)
Section 8: Anticoagulants (Mind Map 3.7)
Section 9: Fibrinolytic drugs
4. Pulmonary pharmacology
Drugs used to treat asthma
5. Drugs affecting allergic conditions, inflammation, immunity, and hematopoiesis
Section 1: Drugs for allergic diseases
Eicosanoids (prostaglandins, leukotrienes)
Section 2: Nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs and acetaminophen
Section 3: Treatment of gout
Section 4: Immunosuppressants
Section 5: Disease-modifying antirheumatic agents
Section 6: Biologic agents and kinase inhibitors
Section 7: Drugs for anemia and other blood disorders
6. Hormones and endocrine drugs
Section 1: Thyroid and antithyroid medications
Section 2: Female hormones
Section 3: Androgens and male reproductive system
Section 4: Adrenal hormones: Glucocorticosteroids
Section 5: Endocrine pancreas and drugs for diabetes mellitus
7. Gastrointestinal pharmacology
Treatment of peptic ulcer disease
Antiemetic drugs (Mind Map 7.2)
Drugs for constipation (Mind Map 7.3)
Antidiarrheal medications
Inflammatory bowel disease (crohn disease and ulcerative colitis)
8. Drugs affecting central nervous system
Section 1: Sedative hypnotics (Mind Map 8.1)
Section 3: Antiepileptics (Mind Map 8.4)
Section 4: Drugs for migraines and cluster headaches
Section 5: Drugs for parkinson disease (Mind Map 8.5)
Section 6: Alzheimer disease
Section 7: Opioids (Mind Map 8.6)
Section 8: Psychopharmacology
Antidepressants (Mind Map 8.7)
Antipsychotic medications (Mind Map 8.8)
Medications for bipolar disorder
Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder
9. Drug therapy for infectious diseases
Drug therapy for cancer (antineoplastic drugs)
11. Drug therapy for select eye diseases
Section 1: Pharmacology of ocular therapeutics
12. Dermatologic pharmacology
Pharmacologic treatment of common skin infections and infestations (Mind Map 12.1)
Cutaneous and mucosal candidiasis
Bacterial skin and soft tissue infections
Skin infestations: Scabies and pediculosis
Allergic contact dermatitis
13. Pregnancy: Pharmacology of select conditions during pregnancy
Pharmacologic considerations during pregnancy and lactation
Pharmacotherapy of common pregnancy-associated conditions
14. Pediatric pharmacology
15. Geriatric pharmacology