Special pharmacology deals with the study of the pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics of specific drug groups and medicines of particular significance in clinical practice.
Neurotropic drugs
A considerable section of the special pharmacology deals with drugs affecting nervous regulation of bodily functions. With the help of such drugs it is possible to affect synaptic transmission on different levels of the CNS, as well as afferent and efferent pathways of peripheral innervation.
The classification of neurotropic drugs is based on localization of their action, i.e. whether they act on the peripheral or the CNS.
Drugs regulating peripheral nervous system functions
Depending on the structural and functional specificities of different components of the reflex arch there are drugs that affect afferent and efferent innervation.