IS PHARMACOLOGY DIFFICULT®️ Podcast

Welcome all to IS PHARMACOLOGY DIFFICULT Podcast! I am Dr Radhika Vijay. Wish you all a very HAPPY NEW YEAR 2021. We are not off for today, the 1st of January is a working day, blessed day, for me , for you all! In today's episode I will pay a lot of attention to the start of Solid Dosage Forms, where today's talk will commence from Powders, First I will define them, then I will throw light on dif...

Welcome all to IS PHARMACOLOGY DIFFICULT Podcast! I am Dr Radhika Vijay. What are the different terms regarding prescribing dictionary? what do you mean by dosage form, excipients, etc. Before we skydive in the winds of variety of dosage forms, lets get acquainted with some important terms used in descriptions of dosage forms of drugs. First and foremost I will talk about the formulation of drug,...

Welcome all to IS PHARMACOLOGY DIFFICULT Podcast! I am Dr Radhika Vijay. What are the different rules to name a drug? How does generic name differ from trade name, to know answers of these questions with details about generic names and brand names of drugs, you need to listen to today's episode. The non proprietary names are famously called as generic names. Each drug has a unique INN . A special...

Welcome all to IS PHARMACOLOGY DIFFICULT Podcast! I am Dr Radhika Vijay. How do you name a drug? Why is Aspirin called as Aspirin? Is it same as Acetylsalicylic acid? What is the basis of all these things? Let us get in to mechanics, traditions, and rules of this name game in today's episode. There are many grounds to classify a drug naming method, especially on basis of molecular structure, etc....

Welcome all to IS PHARMACOLOGY DIFFICULT Podcast! I am Dr Radhika Vijay. Do you know the different categories in which the drug can be classified? To dive deep in the point to ponder, Lets get set and start the talk of day by broadly classifying the drugs in two main categories namely Prescription and Non Prescription drugs. Latter are also known as Over the Counter Drugs abbreviated famously as O...

Welcome all to IS PHARMACOLOGY DIFFICULT Podcast! I am Dr Radhika Vijay. WISHING EVERYONE A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS!! To start episode, I will be emphasizing the essence of this great holiday and festive season Bonding fosters complete, proper interaction of drugs with receptors. The most important and major bonds to be known are Covalent, Electrostatic and Hydrophobic. Strongest bonds are covalent,...

Welcome all to IS PHARMACOLOGY DIFFICULT Podcast! I am Dr Radhika Vijay. What are other drug sources, apart from plant sources, let's dive. deep into this discussion context today, stay akin and get to know all.. Talk takes a positive constructive form, as I initially describe the animal sources of drugs, From olden golden era, different animal organs, different parts of animals have been used med...

Welcome all to IS PHARMACOLOGY DIFFICULT Podcast! I am Dr Radhika Vijay. If you want to know about many plant sources left for discussion, what more could be added to the ones already discussed? All these will be known to you all till the full stop. To break the ice, lets have a word about Resins, they are oxidised, polymerised volatile oils, insoluble in water, next I will complete my resin story...

Welcome all to IS PHARMACOLOGY DIFFICULT Podcast! I am Dr Radhika Vijay. Do you want to know about the many non synthetic drug sources, do you wanna know them on your tips? What are the most important ones amongst these? All these questions will be answered in today's session. Initially I will spill some coffee  and my thoughts to discuss about non synthetic drug sources. As a common rule, I...

Welcome all to IS PHARMACOLOGY DIFFICULT Podcast! I am Dr Radhika Vijay. Do you have any idea about nature of drugs? Did you ever wonder from where drugs are obtained? all these pearls of information are stringed. in today's episode. I will start my verbal skills with the most groundfooted basic drug origin, its actually a chemical entity, as simple and as complex as you know and you can imagine!f...

Welcome all to IS PHARMACOLOGY DIFFICULT Podcast! I am Dr Radhika Vijay. What are Non Official Drug Information sources? Can they serve as Secondary sources of drug information? All this and much related to this particular topic of discussion will be measured in leaps and bounds in today's episode. If Official drug compendia serves as Primary source, then definitely Non official drug compendia ser...

Welcome all to IS PHARMACOLOGY DIFFICULT Podcast! I am Dr Radhika Vijay. Does your textbook cover all the minute details, I mean all, everything like trade names, drug information, purity, chemical, physical characteristics, etc? Well, if not, in today's episode you will get the knowledge of drug information sources, especially official ones. The collective term used for drug literature is "Drug C...

Welcome all to IS PHARMACOLOGY DIFFICULT Podcast! I am Dr Radhika Vijay. How Drug therapy evolved? What are the sources of drug information? Responses to these fireshot questions will be given in today's episode. Ancient Mesopotamian, Indian, Chinese, Egyptian records emphasized the disease nature to be something supernatural, a bad omen, Then greek mythology of four humors of body changed this be...

Welcome all to IS PHARMACOLOGY DIFFICULT Podcast! I am Dr Radhika Vijay. What is the first thing or picture strikes you when you hear terms familiar something like Pharmacognosy, Pharmacogenetics or Pharmacy, etc. You might have heard these so important and many more like these, I will tell you about these and all familiar important branches of pharmacology today. Talking firstly about Pharmacogno...

Welcome all to IS PHARMACOLOGY DIFFICULT Podcast! I am Dr Radhika Vijay. Do you know What is exactly Chemotherapy? What do you study in Clinical Pharmacology? Why Pharmacoepidemiology is so important? All these questions will be answered to the best of your knowledge and satisfaction in today's episode. Chemotherapy term was initially limited to drug effect upon microorganisms/parasites which are...

Welcome all to IS PHARMACOLOGY DIFFICULT Podcast! I am Dr Radhika Vijay. Do you know about Poison? Is their study a part of Pharmacology? What could be totally opposite branch? These queries will be answered in today's episode. Let the talk commence.. Chemical actions can take place at two main levels, individual and environment Individual effects occurring at intended organs produce therapeutic e...

Welcome all to IS PHARMACOLOGY DIFFICULT Podcast ! I am Dr Radhika Vijay, if you are wondering what are the most broad and basic divisions of the subject Pharmacology, you will find it all in today's episode. Broadly, Pharmacology can be divided into Pharmacodynamics and Pharmacokinetics. Pharmacodynamics covers all details and lets us know ," What the drug does to the body?" On the other hand, Ph...

Welcome all to IS PHARMACOLOGY DIFFICULT Podcast ! I am Dr Radhika Vijay, in today's episode I will be answering questions as to What is a drug? How do you define a drug and whether it is same as medicine? Medicines have always been a close companion of man from birth till death. Purpose of medicine is to provide relief and comfort to man. Drug is derived from french term. Broadly speaking, it is...

Welcome all to IS PHARMACOLOGY DIFFICULT Podcast! I am Dr Radhika Vijay, I welcome you all to. History is history, Prehistorically people used crude drugs, substances to cure their ailments, diseases, etc. They superstitiously believed that most of the diseases were due to excess of bile and blood in body. Slowly, eventually, scientific belief and observation took over this old school of thought....

Welcome all to IS PHARMACOLOGY DIFFICULT Podcast ! I am Dr Radhika Vijay, MBBS, MD Pharmacology. I belong to Bikaner, Rajasthan, India. This is trailer episode officially of season 1 of my beloved Podcast Is Pharmacology Difficult. The name cracked me while I was Pursuing post graduation in my subject Pharmacology. This podcast is a product of Lockdown. Virtually 2020 has been a blessed year. You...

Welcome all to IS PHARMACOLOGY DIFFICULT Podcast! I am Dr Radhika Vijay, this is a new big new coming up, an announcement, an update, stay tuned, stay safe, stay enlightened, thank you!!