Clinical Pharmacology

Section 1: General
1 Clinical pharmacology
2 Topics in drug therapy
3 Discovery and development of drugs
4 Evaluation of drugs in humans
5 Health Technology Assessment
6 Regulation of medicines
7 Classification and naming of drugs

Section 2: From Pharmacology to Toxicology
8 General pharmacology
9 Unwanted effects and adverse drug reactions
10 Poisoning, overdose, antidotes
11 Drug dependence

Section 3: Infection and Inflammation
12 Chemotherapy of infections
13 Antibacterial drugs
14 Chemotherapy of bacterial infections
15 Viral, fungal, protozoal and helminthic infections
16 Drugs for inflammation and joint disease
17 Drugs and the skin

Section 4: Nervous System
18 Pain and analgesics
19 Anaesthesia and neuromuscular block
20 Psychotropic drugs
21 Neurological disorders - epilepsy, Parkinson’s disease, and multiple sclerosis

Section 5: Cardiorespiratory and Renal Systems
22 Cholinergic and antimuscarinic (anticholinergic) mechanisms and drugs
23 Adrenergic mechanisms and drugs
24 Arterial hypertension, angina pectoris, myocardial infarction and heart failure
25 Cardiac arrhythmia
26 Hyperlipidaemias
27 Kidney and genitourinary tract
28 Respiratory system

Section 6: Blood and Neoplastic Disease
29 Drugs and haemostasis
30 Cellular disorders and anaemias
31 Neoplastic disease and immunosuppression

Section 7: Gastrointestinal System
32 Oesophagus, stomach and duodenum
33 Intestines
34 Liver, biliary tract, pancreas

Section 8: Endocrine System, Metabolic Conditions
35 Adrenal corticosteroids, antagonists, corticotropin
36 Diabetes mellitus, insulin, oral antidiabetes agents, obesity
37 Thyroid hormones, antithyroid drugs
38 Hypothalamic, pituitary and sex hormones
39 Vitamins, calcium, bone