46248 - General Pharmacology

Academic Year 2025/2026

  • Docente: Monia Donati
  • Credits: 1
  • SSD: BIO/14
  • Language: Italian
  • Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
  • Campus: Bologna
  • Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Dental Hygiene (cod. 8481)

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course students have acquired the knowledge necessary to understand the role of drugs in preventing, curing, or limiting various pathological conditions. Specifically, students have the general concepts of pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, and selective antimicrobial therapy.

Course contents

General concepts of clinically-relevant drug interactions and Pharmacovigilance.

Neuropsychopharmacology: Benzodiazepines and Antidepressants

Antiplatelet and Anticoagulant drugs

Antimicrobial drugs

Proton pump inhibitors

Analgesics, Anti-inflammatory drugs and Bisphosphonates

 

 

 

Readings/Bibliography

Specific textbooks are not necessary.

The teaching material provided on the institutional platform (iol.unibo.it, access restricted to UNIBO students) and the notes taken during the lessons are essential for the preparation of the final exam.

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

Le basi della farmacologia. Karen Whalen. Ed. Zanichelli 2020

Farmacologia per le lauree triennali e magistrali Taglialatela et al. Idelson Gnocchi Ed. 2021.

Teaching methods

Interactive lectures

Assessment methods

The final test consists in the discussion of the summary of the product characteristics (SPC) of a medicinal product selected among those of interest and illustrated during the lectures.

On the basis of clarity and completeness of the discussion, a partial score is assigned. This score will contribute to the final score in proportion to the credits.

Teaching tools

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

Office hours

See the website of Monia Donati