Pharmacology for NEET PG

What Pharmacology covers

• General pharmacology and pharmacokinetics
• Autonomic nervous system
• Cardiovascular drugs
• CNS drugs and antiepileptics
• Antimicrobials
• Endocrine drugs
• Chemotherapy
• Toxicology and antidotes
• Drugs in pregnancy

A study map from the standard curriculum. Check the official bulletin for the authoritative topic list.

How to study it

1. 1

   Learn drugs as classes, then the exception in each class that an examiner would pick.

2. 2

   Revise adverse effects and contraindications as their own flashcard deck.

3. 3

   Keep a list of antidotes and drugs of choice, and test yourself on it weekly.

Where students slip

• Confusing similar drug names or classes.
• Forgetting the adverse effect that makes a drug unsuitable in a given patient.

Where the Pharmacology practice questions concentrate

Our 906 worked Pharmacology questions fall into these areas, largest first. This shows what our practice set emphasises. It is not a prediction of the exam's weightage.

• Chemotherapy 68
• Antimicrobials 63
• Cardiovascular drugs 52
• Endocrine drugs 47
• Pharmacokinetics 34
• Drugs in pregnancy 27
• Toxicology 27
• CNS drugs and antiepileptics 25
• Autonomic nervous system 22
• Cardiovascular 20
• Toxicology and antidotes 20
• Antibiotics 19

Browse all Pharmacology worked questions

Four quick-revision cards

• Antidote for paracetamol overdose?

  N-acetylcysteine: replenishes glutathione; best given early.

• First-line drug and route for anaphylaxis?

  Intramuscular adrenaline, anterolateral thigh.

• Antidotes of heparin and warfarin?

  Heparin: protamine. Warfarin: vitamin K (plus factor concentrates if urgent).

• Signature adverse effects of ACE inhibitors?

  Dry cough (bradykinin), hyperkalaemia, angioedema; avoid in pregnancy.

All Pharmacology flashcards · 20 Pharmacology mnemonics

Try a Pharmacology question

A sample item with the reasoning behind every option. Nothing here is recorded.

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