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VPC 707
3
Principles of chemotherapy.
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Principles of chemotherapy; Drug reaction; interaction and toxicology; Drug resistance; Chemotherapeutic agents: antiprotozoals; anthelmintics; antibiotics; antivirals; antifungals; and anti-neoplastics; Feed additives and growth promoters
VPC 709
2
Current trends; innovations and toxicology in clinical pharmacology that are relevant to postgraduate studies.
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Current trends; innovations and toxicology in clinical pharmacology that are relevant to postgraduate studies; Principle of pharmacy; compounding and prescription writing; Drug interactions and incompatibility; therapeutic strategies and choice of drugs; Monitoring of therapeutic responses; Drug legislation in Nigeria
VPC 706
2
Review of pharmacology of drugs affecting the gastro-intestinal system - including purgatives; anti-diarrhoeals; emetics and antemetics; sialics and anti-sialics; protectives; and ruminant digestive pharmacology.
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Review of pharmacology of drugs affecting the gastro-intestinal system - including purgatives; anti-diarrhoeals; emetics and antemetics; sialics and anti-sialics; protectives; and ruminant digestive pharmacology
VPC 704
2
Brief review of the physiology of automatic and central nervous systems.
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Brief review of the physiology of automatic and central nervous systems; Pharmacology of the autonomic nervous system and neuromuscular junction; Theories of anaesthesia; general and local anesthetic agents; central nervous system stimulants; hypnotics; sedatives and tranquillizers
VPC 702
3
Principles of pharmacokinetics; pharmacokinetic models; calculations of kinetic parameters and observations in normal and diseases states.
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Principles of pharmacokinetics; pharmacokinetic models; calculations of kinetic parameters and observations in normal and diseases states; Mechanisms of drugs action and quantification; Dose response relationships; Drug receptors and spare receptors; etc
VPC 703
2
Review of renal physiology.
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Review of renal physiology; Pharmacology and toxicity of drugs affecting the kidney and renal excretion; Principles of fluid and electrolyte therapy; Uses of various types of fluids in the management of diseases; Fluid therapy in anaesthesia; dehydration; toxicity etc; Estimation of degrees of dehydration and the calculation of fluid volumes
VPC 701
2
Review of cells and cell membranes; transport of drugs across membranes; ionization of drug and other factors affected drug movement in the body.
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Review of cells and cell membranes; transport of drugs across membranes; ionization of drug and other factors affected drug movement in the body; Methods of drugs movement across cell membranes; Principles of drug absorption; distribution; biotransformation and excretion
VPC 705
2
Pharmacology of drugs affecting the endocrine and reproductive systems.
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Pharmacology of drugs affecting the endocrine and reproductive systems; Antithyroid drugs and inhibitors; ACTH and synthetic analogues; inhibitors of corticosteroids biosynthesis; Reproduction hormones and their antagonists; Drugs affecting uterine motility and fertility
VPC 708
2
Folk remedies and pharmacology.
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Folk remedies and pharmacology; A review of principles of traditional practices in the treatment of animal diseases; Collection; extraction and testing of plant extracts; Drug development and clinical trials; Review of research trends in ethnopharmacology