PHARMACEUTICS-XVIII (Clinical Pharmacy-IV)

(Theory) Cr. Hr. 03

1. PHARMACEUTICAL CARE, ITS SCOPE, MANAGEMENT AND
APPLICATION OF CARE PLAN.
2. ROLE OF CLINICAL PHARMACIST IN COMMUNITY
PHARMACY.
3. CLINICAL THERAPEUTICS:
(a) General Strategy: Terminology of Disease. Management and
Treatment. Drug Selection.
(b)Basic introduction of some clinical situations, their clinical
features, etiology, pathophysiology and treatment of causes:
Common Cold, Pharyngitis and Tonsilitis, Pneumonia,
Tuberculosis, Diarrhea, Malaria, Meningitis, Tetanus, Typhoid
Fever, Measles, Rabies, AIDS, Congestive cardiac failure,
Conjunctivitis, Anaemia, Gout, Asthma, Ulcer, Diabetes mellitus,
Hypertension, Hapatitis, Dermatology (Scabies, Fungal diseases).
4. CLINICAL TOXICOLOGY:
(a) General information. Role of pharmacist in treatment of poisoning
and general management of poisoning & overdosage. Role and
Status of Poison Control Centre.
(b)Antidotes and their mechanism of action
5. SAVE INTRAVENOUS THERAPY & HAZARDS OF INTRAVENOUS THERAPY.
6. NON-COMPLIANCE:
Definition, introduction and importance, Extent of non-compliance,
Methods of assessment, Reasons for non-compliance, Strategies for
improving compliance and Designing of compliance trials.