DEPARTMENT OF PHARMACOLOGY AND TOXICOLOGY
FACULTY OF PHARMACY
UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN
Lecture schedule for first semester Pharm D. 400L co-taught courses 2024/2025 Session
PCL 413 - Chemotherapy 1
22/04/2025 - 23/05/2025 (Week 1 - 5)
Tuesdays 2 – 3pm. Pharm Micro
Microbial Pathogenesis of Infections, Immunity as a Basis of Allergy and Hypersensitivity.
Thursdays 10am – 12 noon. Pharm Chem
Introduction to Chemotherapeutic Agents, Anti-Infective Agents, Antiseptics, Sulphonamides, Β-Lactam Antibiotics
etc)
Fridays 3 – 5pm Pharm & Tox
Basic Principles of Chemotherapy. Anti-bacterials - β-lactam antibiotics, sulphonamides and
other antimicrobial interfering with folate synthesis. Broad-spectrum antibiotics, protein synthesis
inhibitors, quinolones and miscellaneous antibacterial agents. Anti-fungal Drugs.
Week 6 (Mid semester test) 26/5/2025 – 30/5/2025
Week 7 (3/06/2025 – 6/06/2025
Tuesday: 2 – 3pm, Thursday: 10 – 12pm, Friday: 3 – 5pm Clinical Pharmacy
Pharmacotherapeutic work-up and diagnostic options for selected diseases, Rational Pharmacotherapeutic Options and
Alternatives in the Management of Selected Diseases with Relevant Standard Guidelines• Individual Drug Counselling
Points, Drug Interactions with Implication, and Drug-Use Problems for Patients with Selected Diseases.
Comprehensive Pharmacotherapeutic Dosage Regimen and Plans for Patients with Selected Diseases. Clinical
Outcome Monitoring and Evaluation Parameters for Drug Efficacy and Adverse Effect Profile. Clinical and
Therapeutic Application with Case Studies Related to Selected Diseases in Focus Pathophysiology. Epidemiology and
pharmacotherapy of Selected Diseases including Malaria, Tuberculosis, Typhoid Fever, Leprosy, Infectious Diarrhea,
Meningitis, Urinary Tract Infections, Sexually Transmitted Infections, etc.
10/06/2025 – 27/06/2025 (Week 8 - 11)
Tuesdays 2 – 3pm. Pharm Micro
Immunology and Immunological Products, Antimicrobial Drug Resistance – Mechanisms and Clinical Importance,
Vaccine Design and Development, Blood and Blood Products.
Thursdays 10am – 12 noon. Pharm Chem
Fridays 3 – 5pm Pharm & Tox
Drug Treatment of Tuberculosis and Leprosy. Chemotherapy of tropical infections; malaria. Chemotherapy of
tropical infections; amoebiasis, schistosomiasis, trypanosomiasis
1/07/2025, 3/07/2025, 4/07/2025 (Week 12)
Fridays 3 – 5pm Clin. Pharm
Pharmacotherapeutic work-up and diagnostic options for selected diseases, Rational Pharmacotherapeutic Options and Alternatives in the
Management of Selected Diseases with Relevant Standard Guidelines• Individual Drug Counselling Points, Drug Interactions with
Implication, and Drug-Use Problems for Patients with Selected Diseases. Comprehensive Pharmacotherapeutic Dosage Regimen and Plans
for Patients with Selected Diseases. Clinical Outcome Monitoring and Evaluation Parameters for Drug Efficacy and Adverse Effect Profile.
Clinical and Therapeutic Application with Case Studies Related to Selected Diseases in Focus Pathophysiology. Epidemiology and
pharmacotherapy of Selected Diseases including Malaria, Tuberculosis, Typhoid Fever, Leprosy, Infectious Diarrhea, Meningitis, Urinary
Tract Infections, Sexually Transmitted Infections, etc.
