PHARMACOTHERAPY
FARMACOTERAPIA
| A.Y. | Credits |
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| 2022/2023 | 12 |
| Lecturer | Office hours for students | |
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| Orazio Cantoni |
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Course with optional materials in a foreign language
English
This course is entirely taught in Italian. Study materials can be provided in the foreign language and the final exam can be taken in the foreign language. |
Assigned to the Degree Course
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Program
Drug administration routes. Absorption. Distribution. Metabolism. Elimination of drugs. Pharmacological responses. Receptors. Signal transduction mechanisms. Drug-receptor interaction. Curve dose-effect. Variability of drug response. Adverse reactions. Drug interactions. Pharmacology of adrenergic and cholinergic transmission. Drugs that modulate neuromuscular transmission and ganglion. Serotonin syndrome drugs. Amino-corticosteroid neurotransmission and its pharmacological modulation. General and local anesthetics. Antipsychotics. Antidepressants. Anti-smoking drugs. Anxiolytic and hypnotic. Anti-epileptics. Drugs used in the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases. Muscle relaxants. Analgesics and doctrines. Anti-inflammatory drugs and DMARDs. Antihypertensive therapy. Pharmacology of heart failure and angina pectoris. Antiplatelet, platelet, anti-anticoagulant and fibrinolytic drugs. Hemopoietic factors. Anti-obesity drugs. Anti-dyslipidemic drugs. Antihistamines. Pharmacological bases of anti-asthmatic and antiallergic therapy. Pharmacological bases of immunomodulatory therapy. Diuretics. Digestive System Drugs. Type I and II diabetes pharmacology. Active drugs in bone disorders.
Bridging Courses
It is necessary to have passed the Pharmacology and Pharmacognosy / Chemotherapy and General Pathology examination.
Teaching Material
The teaching material prepared by the lecturer in addition to recommended textbooks (such as for instance slides, lecture notes, exercises, bibliography) and communications from the lecturer specific to the course can be found inside the Moodle platform › blended.uniurb.it
Supporting Activities
The teaching material and the teacher's specific communications can be found, together with other support activities, within the Moodle platform> blended.uniurb.it
Teaching, Attendance, Course Books and Assessment
- Teaching
Frontal teaching
- Course books
H.P. Rang, M.M. Dale, J.M. Ritter, Farmacologia, Casa Editrice Ambrosiana.
F. Clementi & G. Fumagalli, Farmacologia generale e molecolare, UTET.
Goodman & Gilman, Le basi farmacologiche della terapia, Zanichelli Ed
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