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PHARMACOLOGY
cod. 00351

Academic year 2009/10
2° year of course - Second semester
Professor
Academic discipline
Farmacologia (BIO/14)
Field
Discipline biologiche
Type of training activity
Characterising
64 hours
of face-to-face activities
8 credits
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Learning objectives

To provide students with a substantive knowledge of the actions and uses of the most important drugs and give an understanding of their therapeutic outcomes.

Prerequisites

To take the examinations of FISIOLOGIA GENERALE and BIOCHIMICA

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

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KATZUNG BG. “FarmacologiaGenerale e Clinica”. Piccin, Padova<br />
RANG HP et al. “Farmacologia” . Casa Editrice Ambrosiana, Milano<br />
HOWLAND & MYCEK "Le basi della farmacologia", Zanichelli, Bologna

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