SPECIAL PHARMACOLOGY

Integrated educational activity

Course Sheet

Academic Year of enrolment:

2015/2016

Optional/Mandatory:

Compulsory

Degree:

6-year Single Cycle Master's Degree Programme in MEDICINE AND SURGERY

Language:

Italian

Moduls:

SPECIAL PHARMACOLOGY

4 credits
INTERNSHIP

2 credits

Credits:

Programme Year:

Hours of classroom activity:

Prerequisites:

Knowledge of general pharmacology end Scientific English.

AF code:

A000516

Assessment Methods

Verification of learning:

Final exam with multiple choice test and essay at the end of the internship.

Teaching period

Second semester

Objectives

The main objective of the teaching unit is the acquisition of skills related to special pharmacology and the principles of clinical use of drugs. The student will have to acquire the key concepts of the main classes of drugs used in clinical practice, their pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics and adverse effects (foreseeable and unpredictable).
During the internship the student will have to develop specific skills in the drafting of a scientific document (based on the consultation of international bibliometric databases) having as its subject a specific topic of the Special Pharmacology course. The student will have to 'prove to know the main structures of a document (scientific paper, review, etc.) and be able to consult and summarize the knowledge contained in these documents. The student must also know the concept of PLAGIARISM and SELF-PLAGIARISM and avoid them carefully during the drafting of the final project. The final document can be written both in Italian and in English and presented in a presentation (in Italian or English, chosen by the student).

Contents

Generalities on the Neurotransmission of the Autonomic Nervous System and of the Autonomous Sympathetic Nervous System
Catecholaminergic neurotransmission and sympathomimetic and sympatholytic drugs
Cholinergic neurotransmission and cholinomimetic and anticholinergic drugs
Serotoninergic neurotransmission
Neurotransmission mediated by inhibitory amino acids
Neurotransmission mediated by excitatory aminoacids (EAA)
Drugs of the central nervous system
Antipsychotic drugs
Antidepressant drugs
Antimanic Medicine and Mood Stabilizers
Psychostimulant and hallucinogenic drugs
Hypnotic and sedative drugs and alcohols
Analgesic drugs, opiates and other analgesics
Drugs of abuse and addictionsPharmacotoxicology of Doping
Antiepileptic drugs
Anti-Parkinsonian drugs and other motor disorders
General anesthetics
Local anesthetics
Autoacids and mediators of inflammation
Steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs
Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs
Anticoagulant, fibrinolytic and coagulant drugs
Anti-platelet drugs
Antidiabetic and hyperglycemic drugs
Anti-dyslipidemic drugs
Active drugs on the cardiovascular system
Antiaginosis drugs
Antiarrhythmic drugs
Drugs in the Treatment of Heart Failure
Antihypertensive drugs
Active drugs on the urinary system
Diuretics and urinary pH-modifying drugs
Drugs active on the respiratory system
Antiasthmatic drugs
Chemioantibioticoterapia
Introduction and General Principles
betalactams
Glycopeptide Antibiotics, Amino Acid and Phosphonic Lipopeptides
Macrolides, Ketodyls, Lincosamides, Streptogramins and Oxazolidinones
Aminoglycosides
CAF and Tetracyclines
Sulfonamides, diaminopyrimidines, quinolones and agents for the treatment of infections of the urinary tract
Phytotherapy principles in Clinical Therapy.

The databases of scientific knowledge.
Ecidence-based Medicine.
PubMed, Up-To-Date, Cochrane.
Structure of a scientific document
Drawing up of a scientific document
Organization of the bibliography.
Plagiarism and Self-plagiarism

Recommended Bibliography

Trattato di farmacologia di Lucio Annunziato, Gianfranco Di Renzo.
Idelson-Gnocchi, 2016.

Le basi farmacologiche della terapia. Goodman e Gilman.
Zanichelli, 2012.

Methods of Provision

Conventional

Teaching Methods

Lectures and self-learning.

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