Learning objectives
To provide students with a substantive knowledge of the actions and uses of the most important drugs and furnish an understanding of their therapeutic outcomes.
Prerequisites
To take the examinations of FISIOLOGIA GENERALE and BIOCHIMICA
Course unit content
General pharmacology
– Drug targets, mechanisms of drug action and basic pharmacokinetics
– Drug-drug interactions, food-drug interactions and drug safety
– Drug development and basic clinical testing
Systematicl pharmacology
– Drugs affecting the autonomic nervous systems and neuromuscular junction
– Drugs affecting central nervous system
– Drugs affecting gastrointestinal function
– Drugs affecting renal and cardiovascular function
– Pharmacotherapy of asthma
– Pharmacological control of haemostasis
– Drug therapy of inflammation and immunomodulators
– Agents affecting hormonal homeostasis
– Chemotherapy of microbial and neoplastic diseases
Full programme
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Bibliography
Howland & Mycek LE BASI DELLA FARMACOLOGIA - Zanichelli Cella, Di Giulio, Gorio, Scaglione FARMACOLOGIA GENERALE E SPECIALE - Piccin
Teaching methods
Frontal lessons
Assessment methods and criteria
Oral examination
Other information
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