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00351 - Pharmacology

Academic Year 2019/2020

                
                        Docente:
                        Domenico Motola
                    
                        Credits:
                        2
                    
                        SSD:
                        BIO/14
                    
                        Language:
                        Italian
                    
                        Teaching Mode:
                        Traditional lectures
                        
                            Campus:
                            Bologna
                        
                            Corso:
                            First cycle degree programme (L) in
                            Orthopaedics techniques (cod. 8483)

                            Teaching resources on Virtuale

Learning outcomes

The course provides knowledge of the basic principles of pharmacology, with special attention to drugs of CNS, inflammation, pain, musculo-skeletal system

Course contents

Pharmacokinetics: absorption, distribution, metabolism and elimination of drugs

Main pharmacokinetic parameters: bioavailability, volume of distribution, AUC, Cmax, Tmax, clearance)

Pharmacodynamics: mechanisms of drug action, agonists, antagonists, relation between drug concentration and effect

Drug-drug interactions

Drug safety: classification of adverse drug reactions and principles of post-marketing drug surveillance

Drugs acting on the central nervous system

Basics of hypnotics and sedatives, antipsychotics, antidepressants and antiepileptics

Opioid analgesics, Local anesthetics, Drugs for spasticity

Drug therapy of inflammation

Non steroidal antiiflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) and paracetamol; Antiinflammatory corticosteroids

General principles of pain therapy

Drugs for coagulation disorders

Antiplatelet drugs, Heparines, Vitamin K antagonists, DOACs

Antimicrobial chemotherapy

General principles of antimicrobial chemotherapy; Antimicrobial agents: antibacterial and antifungal agents

Readings/Bibliography

The teaching material provided on the iol.unibo.it platform and the notes taken during the lessons are essential for the preparation of the exam.

As a reference, the student can deepen the topics on the following texts:

1) Furlanut M, Farmacologia generale e clinica per le lauree sanitarie, III Edizione, Piccin, 2013

2) Waller D.G., Renwick A.G., Hillier K. FARMACOLOGIA MEDICA ED ELEMENTI DI TERAPIA. (Ediz. Italiana) Elsevier, Milano, 2011.

Teaching methods

Lectures

Assessment methods

Questionnaire consisting of 40 questions with 4 possible answers of which only one is correct. The questions concern the whole program of the course.

Teaching tools

Teaching material (access restricted to UNIBO student) can be downloaded at https://iol.unibo.it

Office hours

See the website of Domenico Motola

SDGs

This teaching activity contributes to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN 2030 Agenda.