High-Yield Topics for Pharmacology : To help make your NEET PG preparations more fruitful, Career Media has come up with a list of high-yield topics for pharmacology
Type of Questions asked in NEET PG ?
Based on the latest exam pattern, the following are the primary types of questions that you can expect in the upcoming exam:
1. Single best answer
- Case-based
- Fact-based
- Concept-based
- Numerical/Value-based
2. Image-based questions
3. True or false type questions
High-Yield Topics For NEET PG in Pharmacology
General Pharmacology
- Bioavailability – its clinical importance and how to calculate bioavailability
- PC-T Graph
- Volume and distribution – clinical importance & formula
- CYP substrates, inducers, inhibitors
- First and zero-order kinetics
- Different types of receptors & which drugs act upon which receptors
- Clinical Trials
- Practicals including prescription
ANS
- Basic architecture and functions of the divisions of ANS
- Receptors of the sympathetic and parasympathetic system
- AChe inhibitors, including OP poisoning
- Uses of anticholinergic drugs and poisoning
- Used of adrenaline, noradrenaline, and dopamine
- Alpha-blockers and beta-blockers
- Glaucoma
- Practicals
Autacoids
- Migraine
- Antihistaminics (1st vs 2nd generation)
- 5HT receptors
- NSAIDs: PCM and aspirin in detail
- Drugs for gout
- Drugs for RA
CVS
- Basic concepts and drugs in acute and chronic CHF
- Digoxin in detail
- Antihypertensive drugs mechanism and major adverse effects
- Nitrates
- New drugs for angina
- Mechanism and names of anti-arrhythmic drugs
- Statins and new anti-dyslipidemic drugs
Endocrine
- GnRH and Octreotide
- Anti-diabetic drug
- Steroids mainly adverse effects
- Osteoporosis
- SERMs and OCPs
CNS
- Barbiturates Vs benzodiazepines
- Mechanism of drugs for Parkinsonism and Epilepsy with DOC
- Extrapyramidal symptoms
- Antidepressant drugs
- Addictive drugs
Hematology
- Warfarin and Heparin
- Basic mechanism of antiplatelet drugs
- Newer oral anticoagulants
Respiratory and GIT
- Bronchial Asthma
- Peptic ulcer
- Anti-emetic drug
Antimicrobials
- Mechanism
- Beta lactams in detail
- Vancomycin mechanism uses, and resistance
- Tetracyclines, macrolides, and aminoglycosides
- DOC for various infections
- Tuberculosis and malaria in detail
- Antifungal drugs
Anticancer and IS
- Basic classification
- Mechanism and major adverse effects
- Monoclonal antibodies and nomenclature
- Cyclosporine and Tacrolimus
Miscellaneous
- Treatment of Hyperkalemia
- Tricyclic antidepressants
- Antidotes of various drugs
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