Overview of Department:

Department of Pharmacology is a basic medical sciences specialty, deals with imparting knowledge and skills concerning with drug administration to health care professional medical students. Teaching & research opportunities are satisfactorily met with the availability of well-equipped air-conditioned lecture halls, demonstration rooms with high quality audio-visual aids, research & experimental lab. The faculty are involved in drug safety monitoring (pharmacovigilance committee). Faculty had the credit of research publications in national and international renowned indexed journals.

Departmental Faculty:

S.No. Name Designation
1 Dr. Sravani M R Professor & HOD
2 Dr. Sayeli Vijay Kumar Professor
3 Dr. Rayam Sriharsha  Professor
4 Dr. Alasyam Naveen Associate Professor
5 Dr. Ganji Swetha Assistant Professor
6 Mr. Kamatham Praveen Assistant Professor
7 Dr. Marini Vanitha Assistant Professor
8 Dr. Jillapalli Manusha Tutor
9 Dr. Gattu Tejasri Tutor
10 Dr. Vasireddy Charan Sai Tutor
11 Dr. Yanuga Nikithareddy Tutor
12 Dr. Pakalapati Jyothi Silvia Raj Tutor
13 Dr. Mahankali Shivani Tutor
14 Dr. Tejavath Tejaswini Tutor
15 Dr. Nida Seharish Tutor
16 Dr. Zeba Nasreen Tutor
17 Dr. Tummala Ramya Bhanuja Tutor

 Courses offered:

MBBS

MD(Pharmacology)

Ph.D. 

Core Competencies:

  • Experimental Pharmacology
  • Clinical Pharmacology
  • Pharmacoeconomics
  • Pharmacovigilance
  • Pharmacogenomics

Facilities and learning sources:

Library: Having 167 books including question banks & MCQ’s.

Audio-visual aids:

  • 17 desktop computers with internet connection.
  • One laptop
  • One printer
  • Overhead projectors
  • LCD monitor
  • CDs

Research laboratory with animal house facility:

Well equipped with basic instruments for conducting research.

Spectrophotometer, Analgesiometers, Electro-convulsometers, Cooks pole climbing apparatus, metabolic cages, Digitalphotoactometer, Incubator, Soxhlet apparatus, Dark light chamber apparatus, Elevated plus maze, Digital PH meter, Centrifuge machines.

Pharmacy laboratory:

  • Facility to extract active principles of plant products.
  • Chemical analysis of unknown substances.
  • Preparing & dispensing various drug formulations.

Clinical pharmacology laboratory:

Facility to carry out clinical research work

Museum:

  • History of medicine (34).
  • Charts & flow charts (86).
  • Different dosage forms (30).
  • Drugs used in different disease conditions (300).

Publications :

  1. Sravani M R, Bharat Kumar S, Naveen Avula, Naresh Venkat J. Awareness of medical students about the role of artificial intelligence in health care: A survey-based cross-sectional study. Natl J Physiol Pharm Pharmacol. 2024;14(3):490-494.
  2. Sravani M R, Swetha Vijetha M, Naveen Avula, Krishna Sowmya Balla, Bharat Kumar Samatham, Md. Zubair Ahmed, Deepa Latha C. A study on knowledge, attitude, and practice of pharmacovigilance and adverse drug reactions awareness among health-care students in a tertiary care teaching hospital, Telangana, India. National Journal of Physiology, Pharmacy and Pharmacology. 2024;14(03):509-514.
  3. Naveen Aalasyam, Sriharsha Rayam, Vijay kumar Sayeli, Naveen Pokala, Praveen Kamatham. A cross-sectional study on attitude and feedback of phase-II medical students on competency-based medical education. National Journal of Physiology, Pharmacy and Pharmacology. 2024;14(08):1-4.
  4. Naveen Pokala, Vijaykumar Sayeli, Sriharsha Rayam. A cross-sectional study to assess the knowledge attitude practice of pharmacovigilance among the dentists in an indian tertiary care teaching dental hospital in south india. Asian Journal of Pharmaceutical and Clinical Research. 2023; 16 (12):198-202.
  5. Sriharsha Rayam, Bhavika D, P.Raja Sulochana, P.Kamala Subhashini, Yakaiah Vangoori,  Aruna Kutani. Evaluation of Anti-Inflammatory and Analgesic    Activities of Dexibuprofen in Albino Rats: An Experimental Study. Journal of Cardiovascular Disease Research. 2023; 14(6):1526-1531.
  6. Tirumala Bukkapatnam Ramakrishna , Uma Pokala , Sasikala Kanapalli , Naveen Pokala , Uday Kumar P. Trends in hospitalization and mortality in COVID-19 admitted patients after a single dose of vaccine. Asian journal of medical sciences. 2023; 14 (7):1-7.
  7. Vijay Kumar Sayeli, Uma Pokala, Sriharsha Rayam. Comparison of cilnidipine and telmisartan in the management of hypertensive Patients attending a tertiary care Teaching hospital. Journal of Cardiovascular Disease Research. 2023; 14 (5): 571 -575.
  8. Karthikeyan, Vijay kumar Sayeli, V.Vijayan1, BinoyVargheseCheriyan, M.Sumithra, Semmal Syed Meerasa, M. Sakthiganapathi , G. Haema , V.Abishek. Novel analytical method development for estimation of Remdesivir in bulk byusing Bromocresol purple- Acid dye. Europian chemical Bulletin. 2023; 12 (5): 1199-1207.
  9. Prashant Keshavrao Nichat, Neelkanth Kote, Aalasyam Naveen, Rahmat Abdul Rahim, Sai Sailesh Kumar Goothy, Anita Choudhary. Assessment of psychological parameters, psychomotor speed, and quality of life in pre-hypertensive women. Asian Journal of Medical Sciences. 2023;14 (1):1-8.
  10. Naveen Aalasyam,  Shilpa Potnuru,  Chandra Mouli,  Sileveru,  Uma Pokala,  Naveen P. Antimicrobial Prescription Pattern in ENT Outpatient Department in a Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital, Telangana, India. International Journal of Recent Surgical and Medical Sciences © 2023.
  11. Swathi. C, Venkatanarayana Narapogu, Aalasyam Naveen, Kamatham Praveen, Neelkanth Kote, Sai Sailesh kumar Goothy. Assessment of mental well-being in second-year medical students. European Journal of Molecular & Clinical Medicine. 2023; 10 (4):1034-1039.
  12. Vijay Kumar Sayeli,Uma Pokala and Sriharsha Rayam. Comparison of Cilnidipine And Telmisartan In The Management Of Hypertensive Patients Attending A Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital, Journal of Cardiovascular Disease Research, 2023;14(5):571-575.
  13. Karthikeyan, VijaykumarSayeli,V.Vijayan, Binoy Varghese Cheriyan, M.Sumithra, Semmal Syed Meerasa, M. Sakthiganapathi, G. Haema and V.Abishek. Novel analytical method development for estimation of Remdesivir in bulk byusing Bromocresol purple- Acid dye, Chem. Bull. 2023;12(5):1199-1207.
  14. Aalasyam Naveen, Vijaykumar Sayeli, Uma Pokala, Kamatham Praveen. Sai Sailesh Kumar Goothy, Effectiveness of 12 Weeks of Practice of Raja Yoga Meditation on Cognitive Functions in Young Adults. Journal of Pharmaceutical Negative Results, 2022;13(8):4550-4552.
  15. Kadmad Abdul Hameed Mohamed Azar, Devaraj Ezhilarasan, Suresh Rao, Kamatham Praveen. Evaluations of sub-acute toxicity of the ethanolic root extract of coleus vettiveroides in albino wistar rats. European Chemical Bulletin. 2022;11(10):101.
  16. Aalasyam Naveen, Vijay Kumar Sayeli, Uma Pokala. Effectiveness of 12-week Om chanting on reaction time and spatial and verbal memory. Asian Journal of Medical Sciences.2022;13(10):233-236.
  17. Kishan Dhaniyala, Vurimi Bhopal Chandra, Sriharsha Rayam. A Cross-Sectional study of antihypertensive drug utilization pattern in rural population of southern India. Asian J Pharm Clin Res, 2022;15(3):39-41.
  18. Sriharsha Rayam, Kudagi BL, Ramya Jonnalagadda, Raveendra Kumar Nallabothula. To evaluate the effect of morus alba leaves extract on sleep and anxiety In rat models. Asian J Pharm Clin Res, 2022;15(1):100-102.
  19. Sriharsha Rayam, Shabnum Musaddiq, Purna Prasad Meegada. A Cross-Sectional study of attitude among medical students about online learning during Covid-19 pandemic in southern India. Asian J Pharm Clin Res, 2022;15(8):190-192.
  20. Hazra M. A pharmacovigilance study of comparative safety assessment of bedaquiline and levofloxacin, among multi-drug resistant tuberculosis patients in global multi-centre tertiary care hospitals, and an anti-tubercular molecular pharmacotherapeutic analysis of bedaquiline. World J Pharm Res. 2022;11(1):910-928.
  21. Hazra M. A comparative study on the pharmacovigilance scoring of causality assessment grading and staging of topical pharmacotherapy of ofloxacin 0.3% ophthalmic solution in bacterial conjunctivitis and ofloxacin 0.3% otic solution in otitis externa. Int J Basic Clin Pharmacol. 2022;11(2):173-180.
  22. Hazra M. A comparative safety assessment of levosalbutamol and salbutamol, with the conventional drug delivery system, metered-dose inhaler, in mild asthma; with a Pharmacovigilance monologue. Int J Sci Stud. 2022;9(10):22-27.
  23. Hazra M. A clinical pharmacological study of quantitative specific symptomatology in global anaemic patients, and pharmacovigilance evaluation of ferrous ascorbate supplements. Int J Curr Med Pharm Res. 2022;8(01):62-65.
  24. Hazra M. A pharmacovigilance safety assessment and prescription patterns analysis of delamanid among global tertiary care multi-drug resistant tuberculosis patients: a study, in rational pharmacotherapeutic appraisal. Int J Curr Med Pharm Res. 2022; 8(1):42-45.
  25. Hazra M. Pharmacokinetic dose-deceleration study in evidence-based medical pharmacovigilance evaluation of anti-asthmatic aerosolised levosalbutamol, and qualitative pharmacogenomic association analysis between ADRB2 genetic polymorphisms and β2 sympathomimetic mechanisms: a mixed method Clinical Research.Int J Curr MedPharm Res. 2022;8(1):28-32.
  26. Hazra M. A clinical endocrinological quantitative study of specific symptomatic features among global type II diabetic patients, and a pharmacogenomic analysis of anti-diabetic pharmacotherapeutic agents. Int J Curr Med Pharm Res. 2022;8(1):33-36.
  27. Hazra M. “Betatrophin: A Novel Medical Advance”: A Medical Book. A Descriptive Analysis, in Clinical Research.” World J Pharm Res. 2022;11(2):525-536.
  28. Hazra M. A pharmacokinetic associative correlational study of varying drug doses with gemigliptin safety and anti-diabetic pharmacotherapeutic compliance.Int J Sci Stud. 2022;9(11):37-43.
  29. Hazra M. A pharmacokinetic dose-variation study of metformin and gemigliptin pharmacovigilance, and the clinical pharmacological significance of recent anti-diabetic pharmaceuticals. Int J Curr Med Pharm Res. 2022;8(1):19-24.
  30. Hazra M. An observational descriptive analytical clinical research study on the molecular pharmacological aspects of organoids and their clinical pharmacotherapeutic applications, in molecular medicine. IJMSIR. 2022;7(1):45-53.
  31. Hazra M. The Molecular Evidence-Based interactions between betatrophin and diabetes mellitus: A descriptive analytical Clinical Research. IJMSIR. 2022;7(1):45-53.

Projects: 

  1. Evaluation of hypoglycemic and anti – hyperglycemic activity of alcoholic extract of Mangiferaindica seeds in wistar rats – P. Naveen, Professor.
  2. Evaluation of antidiabetic activity of commercially available extract of Phyllanthus Emblica in wistar rats. S. Vijay Kumar, Assistant. Professor.
  3. Anti Inflammatory activity of flavonol and few structurally related dimethoxy flavonols in wistar rats. S Vijay Kumar, Assistant Professor.
  4. Evaluation of Local Anaesthetic activity of samaneasaman flowers on Rabbit eye. Dr. Naveen, Professor.