3 Column Strategy - Pharmacology

Note : For any class of the drug as

mentioned in the list, always remember it’s :
mechanism of action, types, doses, side
effects, indications and contraindications
 3 Column Strategy - Day 1 Pharmacology
2.5 hr Session 2.5 hr Session 1-2 hr Session

Therapeutic drug Drug receptor interaction

and receptor occupation
monitoring theory
Reserve or Any Unfamiliar
Topic in Syllabi or Revision
Absorption, distribution, Pharmacovigilance & Time
metabolism & excretion
of drugs
ADR
 3 Column Strategy - Day 2 Pharmacology
2.5 hr Session 2.5 hr Session 1-2 hr Session

Routes of drug Adrenergic

administration, eg., oral,
SC, IV, IM, SL antagonists - Alpha
Reserve or Any Unfamiliar
and Beta Topic in Syllabi or Revision
Adrenergic Time
agonists
 3 Column Strategy - Day 3
2.5 hr Session 2.5 hr Session 1-2 hr Session

Cholinergic : (DIRECTLY Skeletal muscle

& Indirectly ACTING )
relaxants
Reserve or Any Unfamiliar
Topic in Syllabi or Revision
Anticholinergic Anti-histaminics Time
Drugs
 3 Column Strategy - Day 4
2.5 hr Session 2.5 hr Session 1-2 hr Session

5-HT modulating Drugs for gout, anti-

Drug rheumatic drugs
Reserve or Any Unfamiliar
Topic in Syllabi or Revision
Time
Prostaglandin and Drugs for Migraine
leukotrienes ;
NSAIDs
 3 Column Strategy - Day 5
2.5 hr Session 2.5 hr Session 1-2 hr Session

Indications and Anxiolytics, sedatives

contraindications & hypnotics
Reserve or Any Unfamiliar
of local anesthetics Topic in Syllabi or Revision
Time
General Principle of
Anti-psychotic drugs
GA & Pre-
anaesthetic
medication
 3 Column Strategy - Day 6
2.5 hr Session 2.5 hr Session 1-2 hr Session

Antidepressant Anti-epileptics drugs

Drugs
Reserve or Any Unfamiliar
Topic in Syllabi or Revision
Time
Opioid agonists Anti parkinsonism
drugs
 3 Column Strategy - Day 7
2.5 hr Session 2.5 hr Session 1-2 hr Session

Drugs used in Methanol and

Alzheimer’s disease ethanol poisoning
Reserve or Any Unfamiliar
Topic in Syllabi or Revision
Time
Opioid antagonists
Diuretics
and Management of
morphine poisoning
 3 Column Strategy - Day 8
2.5 hr Session 2.5 hr Session 1-2 hr Session

Antidiuretics- Anticoagulants
vasopressin and
Analogues Reserve or Any Unfamiliar
Topic in Syllabi or Revision
Time
Antiplatelets
Fibrinolytics
 3 Column Strategy - Day 9
2.5 hr Session 2.5 hr Session 1-2 hr Session

Drugs modulating the Antihypertensive

rennin angiotensin and
aldosterone system
drugs
Reserve or Any Unfamiliar
Topic in Syllabi or Revision
Time
Antihypertensive Drugs used in stable,
drugs unstable angina and
myocardial infarction.
 3 Column Strategy - Day 10
2.5 hr Session 2.5 hr Session 1-2 hr Session

Drugs used in Antiarrhythmics

congestive heart failure
Reserve or Any Unfamiliar
Topic in Syllabi or Revision
Time
Antiarrhythmics Management of
dyslipedemia
 3 Column Strategy - Day 11
2.5 hr Session 2.5 hr Session 1-2 hr Session

Drugs used in Drugs used in Peptic

Bronchial asthma and Ulcer and GERD
COPD Reserve or Any Unfamiliar
Topic in Syllabi or Revision
Time
The drugs used in
cough(antitussives, Antiemetics and
expectorants/ prokinetics
mucolytics)
 3 Column Strategy - Day 12
2.5 hr Session 2.5 hr Session 1-2 hr Session

Antidiarrhoeals In ammatory Bowel

Disease & Irritable
Bowel syndrome Reserve or Any Unfamiliar
Topic in Syllabi or Revision
Time
Laxatives and
Purgatives
fl
 3 Column Strategy - Day 13
2.5 hr Session 2.5 hr Session 1-2 hr Session

Drugs used in Iron Drugs used in

De ciency Anemia & Diabetes mellitus
Reserve or Any Unfamiliar
MEGALOBLASTIC Topic in Syllabi or Revision
ANEMIA] Time

Describe transfusion
reactions
fi
 3 Column Strategy - Day 14
2.5 hr Session 2.5 hr Session 1-2 hr Session

Drugs used in Drugs used as:Sex

Thyroid disorders hormones, their analogues
Reserve or Any Unfamiliar
Topic in Syllabi or Revision
Time

Drugs used for

Drugs used in Contraception
Osteoporosis
 3 Column Strategy - Day 15
2.5 hr Session 2.5 hr Session 1-2 hr Session

Corticosteroids Penicilins
Reserve or Any Unfamiliar
Topic in Syllabi or Revision
Time

Uterine relaxants Chloramphenicol and

and stimulants tetracyclines
 3 Column Strategy - Day 16
2.5 hr Session 2.5 hr Session 1-2 hr Session

Cephalosporins Macrolides

Reserve or Any Unfamiliar

Topic in Syllabi or Revision
Time

Sulphonamides Quinolones
 3 Column Strategy - Day 17
2.5 hr Session 2.5 hr Session 1-2 hr Session

Aminoglycosides Antitubercular Drugs,

MDR and XDR TB
Management Reserve or Any Unfamiliar
Topic in Syllabi or Revision
Time

Anti -leprotic drugs

 3 Column Strategy - Day 18
2.5 hr Session 2.5 hr Session 1-2 hr Session

Malaria,Antimalarial Anti-Viral Drugs

drugs
Reserve or Any Unfamiliar
Topic in Syllabi or Revision
Time

Anti-AIDS drugs
Drugs used in
KALA-AZAR
 3 Column Strategy - Day 19
2.5 hr Session 2.5 hr Session 1-2 hr Session

General principles of Insecticides and OP

anticancer poisoning
Reserve or Any Unfamiliar
chemotherapy Topic in Syllabi or Revision
Time

Pharmacogenomics
Immunomodulators
 3 Column Strategy - Day 20
2.5 hr Session 2.5 hr Session 1-2 hr Session

RESERVE DAYS
 3 Column Strategy - Day 21
2.5 hr Session 2.5 hr Session 1-2 hr Session

RESERVE DAYS