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Teacher Domenico Motola
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Credits 2
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SSD BIO/14
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Teaching Mode Traditional lectures
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Language Italian
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Campus of Bologna
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Degree Programme First cycle degree programme (L) in Physiotherapy (cod. 8476)
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Course Timetable from Mar 29, 2022 to Apr 26, 2022
SDGs
This teaching activity contributes to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN 2030 Agenda.

Academic Year 2021/2022
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
Notes on clinical developement of drug and pharmacovigilance.
Drugs acting on the central nervous system
Basics of hypnotics and sedatives, antipsychotics, antidepressants and antiepileptics
Opioid analgesics, Local anesthetics, Drugs for spasticity
Cardiovascular agents
Diuretics; Antihypertensive agents; Anticoagulant and antiplatelet drugs
Drug treatment of Asthma e COPD
Drug therapy of inflammation
Non steroidal antiiflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) and paracetamol; Antiinflammatory corticosteroids
General principles of pain therapy
Antimicrobial chemotherapy
General principles of antimicrobial chemotherapy; Antimicrobial agents: antibacterial and antifungal agents
Illegal use of drugs in sports and exercise
Readings/Bibliography
Panus P.C., Katzung B., Jobst E.E., Tinsley S.L., Masters S.B.,
Trevor A.J. FARMACOLOGIA IN RIABILITAZIONE (Ediz. Italiana)
Edi.Ermes, Milano,2014
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 31 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://virtuale.unibo.it
Office hours
See the website of Domenico Motola