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00351 - Pharmacology

Academic Year 2024/2025

                
                        Docente:
                        Massimiliano Broccoli
                    
                        Credits:
                        2
                    
                        SSD:
                        BIO/14
                    
                        Language:
                        Italian
                    
                        Teaching Mode:
                        Traditional lectures
                        
                            Campus:
                            Bologna
                        
                            Corso:
                            First cycle degree programme (L) in
                            Professional education (cod. 8477)

                            Teaching resources on Virtuale
                        
                                    Course Timetable
                                
from Apr 02, 2025 to May 29, 2025

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course, the student possesses the general concepts of pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics. They also know the characteristics of some classes of drugs relevant to the specific professional field, such as opioids, anxiolytics and hypnotics, antipsychotics, antidepressants and antiepileptics, narcotic analgesics, and NSAIDs with indications in specific clinical cases

Course contents

Introduction to Pharmacology.
Pharmacokinetics: routes of drug administration, absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion of drugs. Control of plasma drug concentration.
Pharmacodynamics: drug-receptor interactions and drug responses. Concepts of efficacy, potency, therapeutic index, and safety margin of drugs. Factors influencing drug response. Individual variability in drug response: pharmacogenetics.
Steroidal and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs.
Opioid and non-opioid analgesic drugs.
Drugs for the treatment of major neurological and psychiatric disorders: anxiolytics, hypnotics, antipsychotics, antidepressants, and antiepileptics.
Poisonings and antidotes.
Drug development: from molecule discovery to daily clinical use.
Adverse drug reactions and pharmacovigilance.

Readings/Bibliography

The teaching materials provided on the iol.unibo.it platform and the notes taken during lectures are essential for exam preparation.

For consultation:

1) Di Giulio-Gorio-Carelli-Cella-Scaglione

FARMACOLOGIA GENERALE E SPECIALE PER LE LAUREE SANITARIE, Piccin

2) Furlanut

FARMACOLOGIA GENERALE E CLINICA PER LE LAUREE SANITARIE, Piccin

Teaching methods

Lectures.

Attendance at lectures plays an important role in the learning process because the lecture guides the critical reading of the available teaching materials.

Assessment methods

The assessment of acquired knowledge will be conducted orally, starting with the formulation of 2 questions that may cover the entire program.

Teaching tools

Data projector and computer

Office hours

See the website of Massimiliano Broccoli

SDGs

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