Department of Pharmacology & Theraputics

The science of pharmacology is concerned with the effect of drugs, the cellular mechanisms of action, and the fate of drugs in the body. It is a science concerned with knowledge of developing and applying the drugs on various diseases. This forms the basis of, understanding of and the use and abuse of drugs in society and their influence on community health. Prescription writing is an art which is practiced by the doctors effectively with the sound knowledge of pharmacology. Pharmacology teaches the use of individual and combination of drugs giving a view of various types of drug interaction. Experimental work is aimed to demonstrate the action of drugs in experimental animals and human beings, for this purpose the college has developed and equipped pharmacology lab and animals house at the campus. Students also visit the pharmaceutical industries to have an acquaintance with the modern drug manufacturing techniques with one faculty member.