📘 Step 1. Curriculum Coverage
💊 Pharmacology
- Opioids versus opiates.
- Meaning of narcotic and source of opium.
- Endogenous opioids.
- Mixed agonist–antagonist opioids.
- Partial agonists.
- Mechanism and pharmacological effects.
- Clinical uses.
- Adverse effects and interactions.
- Opioids in palliative care.
- Opioid rotation.
- Opioid antagonists.
- Opioid dependence and its management.
- Analgesic options in opioid-dependent patients.
- Tramadol: mechanism and clinical use.
