Semester Nine

Course Description:
The course enables the student to gain fundamental knowledge about drugs used during pregnancy and lactation as well as dermatological, ocular, ear and common veterinary drugs. Moreover, the course will provide the students with general concepts of drug interactions. Additionally, the course is intended to provide the students with the key knowledge on the pharmacology of the different classes of immunomodulators.

Course Objectives:
At the end of the course students will:
• Be equipped with necessary knowledge for safe, effective, and rational drug therapy with special emphasis on pregnant and lactating women, newborns, children and old-aged patients.
• Be familiar with different classes of drugs used in treating eye, ear and skin diseases especially acne and psoriasis.
• Be familiar with common veterinary drugs.
• Appreciate the possible drug-drug, drug-food, drug-herbal interactions and identify the underlying mechanisms for these interactions.
• Understand the mechanism of action, clinical uses and adverse effects of immunosuppressants, and identify the cytokine-based therapies and other immunomodulators.