DEPARTMENT OF PHARMACOLOGY AND THERAPEUTICS

LECTURE SCHEDULE, THIRD YEAR SEMESTER 1, 2016- 2017

MBCHB, BPHARM, BNS, BNC & MLS/C)

Course Name: CHEMOTHERAPY, CYTOTOXIC AGENTS AND IMMUNOPHARMACOLOGY

Course code: PHA 3101.
Date Topic Lecturer
23/02/2021 Orientation to Online Pharmacology Lecture/rules
24/02/2021 Introduction to antimicrobial agents: empiric therapy; principles of J. Oloro
antimicrobial therapy

02/03/2021 Beta-lactam antibiotics: penicillins cephalosparins, monobactams J. Oloro

03/03/2021 Beta-lactamase inhibitors, carbapenems J. Oloro

09/03/2021 Aminolglycosides, spectinomycin, clindamycin & streptogramins J. Oloro

10/03/2021 Sulfonamides, trimethoprim & quinolones J. Oloro

16/03/2021 Antimycobacterial drugs - Mycobacterium TB, leprae & atypical mycobacterial agents

17/03/2021 Antifungal drugs J. Oloro

23/03/2021 Viral replication & sites of antiviral drug action. Antiherpes drugs J. Oloro

24/03/2021 HIV replication cycles. Drugs used to treat HIV. Misc. antiviral agents J. Oloro

30/03/2021 Miscellaneous antimicrobial agents, disinfectants, antiseptics J. Oloro

31/03/2021 Principles governing the use of antimicrobial drugs. Empirical therapy. J. Oloro
Therapy of infections with known etiology, monitoring therapeutic response

06/04/2021 Antimicrobial pharmacodynamics & pharmacokinetics. Management of

antimicrobial agent toxicity, antimicrobial agent combinations J. Oloro

07/04/2021 Antimicrobial prophylaxis J. Oloro

14.04.2021 MID-SEMESTER EXAMINATIONS J. Oloro

20/04/2021 Anti-parasitic drugs: Malaria Dr. Amanya M

21/04/2021 Anti-parasitic drugs: Nematodes, trematodes & cestodes Dr. Amanya M

27/04/2021 Anti-parasitic drugs: Amebiasis, giardiasis Dr. Amanya M

28/04/2021 Cancer chemotherapy I: Cell cycle kinetics, alkylating agents, antimetabolites J. Oloro

04/05/2021 Cancer chemotherapy II: alkaloids, antibiotics, hormonal agents J. Oloro

04/05/2021 Immunmodulating agents & Immunotherapy Silvano Twinomujuni

11/05/2021 Student Seminars: Disinfection & autoclaving (demonstration & practicum) J. Oloro

12/05/2021 Student Seminars: Monitoring therapeutic responses to antibiotics (seminar) J. Oloro

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18/05/2021 Student Seminars: Current treatment guidelines on HIV, TB, Malaria, etc. (seminar) J. Oloro

19/05/2021 Student Seminars: Current treatment guidelines on HIV, TB, Malaria, etc. (seminar) J. Oloro
DRUG INTERACTION
PRESCRIPTION WRITING
END OF SEMESTER EXAMINATIONS All members of staff

Recommended text and reference books

1. Basic & Clinical Pharmacology, by Bertram G. Katzung

2. Clinical Pharmacology, by D.R. Laurence & P.N. Bennet
3. Goodman & Gilman’s The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics (12th Ed). McGraw Hill
Edited by Brunton, L.L. et al., (2011).
4. Rang and Dale’s Pharmacology (7th Ed.) Elsevier, by Rang, H.P. et al., (2010).
5. Katzung & Trevor’s Pharmacology Examination and Board Reviews (9th Edn) McGraw Hill,
edited by Trevor, A.J. et al., (2010).
6. Board Review Series (Pharmacology). (4th or 5th Edn), by Rosenfeld,G.C., (2007).
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
7. Netter’s Illustrated Pharmacology – International Student Edition (1st edition), by Raffa
R.B. et al (2005). Icon Learning Systems.

Lecture hours:

Tuesday 5– 6 p.m.
Wednesday 2 – 4 p.m.

Venue: for now, online. Any changes will be communicated

There is also a possibility of MIDSEMESTER EXAM STARTING ON THE WEEK OF 6/4/2021