Official NUC CCMAS syllabus

PCL 402 — Clinical Toxicology Pharmacology

PCL department course · Nigerian universities

What you'll be able to do (official learning outcomes)

• explain the mechanisms of intoxication by heavy metals and the approaches to treatment
• describe mechanism, sources and treatments of cyanide poisoning
• discuss intoxication with insecticides
• enumerate types of insecticides, mechanisms of toxicity and treatments
• list classes of snakes and major toxic effects; and
• describe pharmacology of snake venom

Course contents

Clinical Toxicology. Intoxication with heavy metals (mercury, arsenic, lead). Heavy metal antagonists (dimercaprol, EDTA, penicillamine). Cyanide poisoning and treatment. Intoxication with insecticides. Chlorinated hydrocarbons, organophosphates and cholinesterase reactivators. Pharmacology of snake venoms. Elapid venoms. Viperid venoms.

Source: the Nigerian Universities Commission (NUC) Core Curriculum and Minimum Academic Standards (CCMAS). StudyOps loads this syllabus automatically when you study PCL 402.

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