PHARMACOLOGY AND PHARMACOTHERAPY
Three-course tests written and Final oral examination
The course gives the student an adequate understanding of the interaction between the drug and the body that determine the therapeutic effects. It discusses the fundamentals of the pharmacological (drug-receptor interaction and mechanism of action, absorption, biotransformation and elimination; idiosyncratic reactions) of drugs, divided into therapeutic classes, we explore the following aspects: a) the main molecular mechanisms responsible for their action, b) evaluating the efficacy and safety in the therapeutic field and the ability to prevent certain diseases or alleviate symptoms, c) adverse effects and side effects that may limit the use d) interactions.
Drugs: antipsychotics, anxiolytics and hypnotics, antidepressants, mood stabilizers, anti-epileptics. Therapy of Alzheimer's, Parkinson's desease and pain. Drug abuse and addiction. General and local anesthetics. Therapy of hypertension. Drugs for heart failure, antianginal, antiarhythmic and drugs for the treatment of erectile dysfunction. Drugs affecting the respiratory and asthma. Drugs affecting the gastrointestinal. Antimuscarinics, antispasmodics, lactic ferments. Drugs of lipid metabolism. Triptans. Antimicrobial and anticancer chemotherapy. Drugs of doping. Estrogen-progestin therapy in contraception and replacement therapy (TOS).
Rossi - Cuomo - Riccardi: Pharmacology, Ed Minerva Medica.
Rang - Dale - Ritter - Flower - Henderson: Pharmacology, Elsevier.
Goodman & Gilman: The pharmacological basis of therapy., Freeman.
Slides presented during the course of lessons.
Lectures by the use of power point presentations, video, browser pharmacology online.
It is possible sustain the exam on request.