Effective Ways to Study Pharmacology for Medical PG Exams

General Pharma

Autonomic Nervous System

This is very important unit of Pharmacology. You will get a sure shot question from this unit no matter which PGMEE examination you are sitting for. And if you understand this unit properly, you will understand the rest of pharmacology.

Autacoid

Under Autacoids, NSAIDs and Anti Gout drugs should be focused on.

CNS

CNS is the fundamental unit from a PGMEE examination point of view. The topics that should be more emphasized are Anti Psychotics and Novel Anti Depressants.

CVS

GIT

In this unit the important topics are Proton pump inhibitors and drugs for IBS (Irritable bowel syndrome). If you prepare only these topics, its enough for GIT.

Hematology

When preparing Hematology you must straight away start with Low molecular weight heparin and its comparison with unfractionated heparin. You should also prepare anti platelet drugs. You will find a lot of questions asked from this topic like Platelet function defects, coagulation pathways, etc. This is all for Hematology.

Anesthesia

You can deal with Anaesthetic drugs while preparing Anaesthesia.

Anti Microbial

In this unit general principals are important since questions are asked from Mechanism of action & side effects of drugs.

Anti cancer drugs

You will definitely find 1 Question on Anti cancer drugs. Immunosuppressants and biologicals are the important topics from this unit.