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
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Course unit content
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GENERAL PHARMACOLOGY<br />
– Drug targets, mechanisms of drug action and basic pharmacokinetics<br />
– Drug-drug interactions, food-drug interactions and drug safety <br />
– Drug development and basic clinical testing<br />
SYSTEMATIC PHARMACOLOGY<br />
– Drugs affecting the autonomic nervous systems and neuromuscular junction<br />
– Drugs affecting central nervous system <br />
– Drugs affecting gastrointestinal function <br />
– Drugs affecting renal and cardiovascular function<br />
– Pharmacotherapy of asthma <br />
– Pharmacological control of haemostasis <br />
– Drug therapy of inflammation and immunomodulators <br />
– Agents affecting hormonal homeostasis <br />
– Chemotherapy of microbial and neoplastic diseases <br />
Full programme
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Bibliography
HOWLAND & MYCEK "La basi della farmacologia", Zanichelli, Bologna
Teaching methods
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Other information
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