Learning objectives
To provide the students with a basic knowledge of drug pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics and toxicity
Prerequisites
To have passed the following exams: histology, anatomy, physiology, microbiology and general pathology, general and clinical pathology
Course unit content
<br />Drug regulation and development<br />General principles of pharmacokinetics. Drug formulations. <br />Routes of administrations of drugs<br />Absorption, distribution, metabolism and excretion of drugs<br />Drug Bioavailability <br />Drug pharmacokinetics during pregnancy. Pediatric and geriatric pharmacology<br />Pharmacodynamics: mechanisms of drug action Receptors<br />Drug toxicity. Pharmacogenetics. Allergy<br />Factors which modify drug effects<br />Drug-drug interactions<br />Drug accumulation. Monitoring<br />Principles of phytotherapy
Full programme
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Bibliography
<br />1. Katzung BG: Basic & Clinical Pharmacology. 9° ed. McGraw-Hill, 2004<br />2. Lullman H & Mohr K: Taschenatlas der Pharmakologie. George Thieme Verlag, 2001<br />3. Amico-Roxas M, Caputi A, Del Tacca M. Compendio di farmacologia generale e speciale.2005
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