Pharmacology has a significant role in NEET PG. The new NEET PG exams are not like older ones. Now it is a bit more conceptual examination, and the NEET PG Aspirants s think that they would be asked only drugs and their side effects. Currently, Clinical Cases in pharmacology pertaining to Diseases are asked, and it is necessary that students are updated, and more focus has been on basic Physiological and Pathological mechanisms in Pharmacology as well. Our PG aspirants and students appearing in the examinations have noticed a large chunk of Query based on these topics in addition to the disease patterns.
Some Areas to be focused on Pharmacology are
Examples of Recently Asked Topics
- Mechanism of Action of Antiepileptics
- Mechanism of Action of Antibiotics
- Mechanism of Action of Antivirals
- Mechanism of Action of Antifungals
- Mechanism of Action of Antipshycotics
- Mechanism of Action of Antimetabolites
- Mechanism of Action of Antihelminthic
- Mechanism of Action of Monoclonal Antibodies
Drugs lately asked
- Desipramine
- Haloperidol (Basic Mechanism of Action/side effects )
- Donepezil (Basic Mechanism of Action/side effects )
- Sertraline (Uses)
- Melatonin (Uses)
- Fluoxetine (Uses)
- Bupropion
- Imipramine
- Receptor downregulation (Physiology/ Pathophysiology )
- Receptor recycling (Physiology/ Pathophysiology )
- Enzyme re-synthesis (Physiology/ Pathophysiology )
Side Effects of Drugs like
- Alcohol (Basic Mechanism of Action / side effects )
- Chloramphenicol (Basic Mechanism of Action / side effects )
- Cisplatin (Basic Mechanism of Action / side effects )
- Clonidine(Basic Mechanism of Action / side effects )
- Daxoarubicin(Basic Mechanism of Action / side effects )
- Gabapentin (Basic Mechanism of Action / side effects )
- Lamotrigine (Basic Mechanism of Action / side effects )
- Pencillin(Basic Mechanism of Action / side effects )
- Phenytoin (Basic Mechanism of Action / side effects )
- Propylthiouracil(Basic Mechanism of Action / side effects )
- Retinoids(Basic Mechanism of Action / side effects )
- Tacrolimus(Basic Mechanism of Action / side effects )
- Thalidomide(Basic Mechanism of Action / side effects )
- Topiramate (Basic Mechanism of Action / side effects )
Knowledge of Receptors is Fundamental:
These are recent additions. Pharmacology at Molecular Level
- Delta receptors (Drugs acting on these )
- Kappa receptors(Drugs acting on these )
- Mu receptors (Drugs acting on these )
- NMDA receptors (Drugs acting on these )
- GABA receptors (Drugs acting on these )
Questions on Clinical Cases and their Treatment:
Pharmacotherapy in Clinical Conditions like
- Acne
- Acute MI
- Alzheimer’s disease
- Bacterial Endocarditis
- Bacterial Pneumonia
- Brucellosis
- Heart Blocks
- Legionnaires disease
- Multi-infarct dementia
- Normal-pressure hydrocephalus
- Parkinsonism
- Peritonitis
- Picks disease
- Pseudotumor cerebri
- Pulmonary Embolism
- Rheumatic Fever
- Tularemia
- Wests Syndrome
Example of Antidotes asked
- FlumazenilAcetylcysteine
- Atropine.
- Calcium disodium acetate
- Defipirone/Deferoxamine
- Ethanol
- Pralidoxime
The use of Latest Antibodies like:
- Canakinumab
- Infliximab
- Belimumab
- Epratuzumab
- Tocilizumab
- Agbagovomab
- Cetuximab
- Naclozomab
- Edrocolomab
- ustekinumab
- Stamulumab
- Palivizumab
- Trastuzumab
- Ertumaxomab
Questions are rotated in a well-planned manner. Fundamental Knowledge is vital. One has to Study in depth. There is nothing like Superficial Knowledge.
Best books have been utilized for making the matter and online tests provided to students. Use of Texts like Goodman Gillman, KD Tripathi, Harrison and Katzung delivers the best for NEET PG.
Only a NEET PG student with proper concept are able to identify the differences in the Gait. Whether it is a question from AIIMS, PGI or NEET DM would hardly matter to a good student.
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