D.Pharma Syllabus: Subjects & Semester Details

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Government Colleges: INR 10,000 - 40,000

Private Colleges: INR 40,000 - 1,50,000

Deemed or Top Universities: INR 1,00,000 - 2,50,000

D.Pharmacy 1st Year Subjects

Topics Covered

• Introduction to pharmacy
  Dosage forms
• Pharmaceutical calculations
• Prescription handling and compounding
• Packaging, labelling, and storage of medicines

• Chemical properties of inorganic pharmaceuticals
• Acid–base chemistry
• Limit tests and purity standards
• Radiopharmaceuticals and electrolytes

• Study of crude drugs
• Plant classification & morphology
• Extraction and purification of natural products
• Quality control of herbal drugs

• Structure and functions of human body
• Organs and organ systems
• Cardiovascular, respiratory, digestive systems
• Homeostasis and blood composition

• Public health and community healthcare
• Health education & communication
• Disease prevention strategies
• National health programmes

D.Pharmacy 1st Year Subjects

Topics Covered

• Preparation of syrups, elixirs, suspensions
• Powder and ointment formulations
• Sterilisation methods
• Dose calculation exercises

• Limit tests (chlorides, sulphates, iron, ash, etc.)
• Identification of inorganic pharmaceuticals
• Analytical chemistry experiments

• Microscopic evaluation of crude drugs
• Morphology and histology of plants
• Extraction of phytoconstituents
• Organoleptic evaluation

• Blood pressure measurement
• Study of anatomical models and charts
• Blood group determination
• Clinical physiology tests

D.Pharmacy 2nd Year Subjects

Topics Covered

• General pharmacology
• Drugs acting on the CNS, CVS, and respiratory system
• Chemotherapy: antibiotics, antivirals, antifungals

• Drug information services
• Patient counselling
• Pharmacy store management
• Inventory control and billing
• Prescription auditing

• Biomolecules (proteins, carbohydrates, lipids)
• Enzymes and metabolism
• Liver, kidney, and thyroid function tests
• Laboratory diagnosis of diseases

• Hospital pharmacy organisation
• Drug distribution systems
• Therapeutic drug monitoring
• Medication errors, pharmacovigilance
• Rational use of medicines

• Drugs and Cosmetics Act
• Pharmacy Act
• NDPS Act
• Drug Price Control Orders
• Good Pharmacy Practice (GPP)

• Financial management
• Accounting and bookkeeping
• Marketing principles
• Entrepreneurship
• Human resource management in a pharmacy store

D.Pharmacy 1st Year Subjects

Topics Covered

• Dose calculation
• Study of drug effects (demonstration)
• Interpretation of clinical scenarios

• Prescription analysis
• Patient counselling techniques
• Dispensing practices

• Blood glucose estimation
• Urine analysis
• Lipid profile testing
• Clinical laboratory safety

• Medication chart review
• Adverse drug reaction documentation
• Hospital pharmacy case studies

• Stock entries and ledger maintenance
• Pharmacy billing software basics
• Inventory management exercises

D.Pharmacy 1st Year Subjects

Recommended Books

• Aulton’s Pharmaceutics
• Ansel’s Pharmaceutical Dosage Forms
• Lachman’s Theory and Practice of Industrial Pharmacy

• Inorganic Pharmaceutical Chemistry by G.R. Chatwal
• Indian Pharmacopoeia

• Trease & Evans Pharmacognosy
• Kokate’s Pharmacognosy

• Tortora & Grabowski
• Ross and Wilson — Anatomy and Physiology

• WHO Public Health Manuals
• Community Pharmacy Textbooks

D.Pharmacy 1st Year Subjects

Recommended Books

• K.D. Tripathi — Essentials of Medical Pharmacology
• Rang & Dale’s Pharmacology

• Community Pharmacy by Natah
• Remington: The Science and Practice of Pharmacy

• Biochemistry by Satyanarayana
• Harper’s Illustrated Biochemistry

• Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics by Walker & Whittlesea
• Hospital Pharmacy Manuals

• Bare Acts of Drugs & Cosmetics Act
• Pharmacy Law manuals approved by PCI

• Business Management by C.B. Gupta
• Marketing Management by Philip Kotler