Unit PHARMACOTHERAPY AND BIODRUGS
- Course
- Chemistry and technology of drugs
- Study-unit Code
- 65052010
- Location
- PERUGIA
- Curriculum
- In all curricula
- Teacher
- Ursula Grohmann
- Teachers
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- Ursula Grohmann
- Hours
- 80 ore - Ursula Grohmann
- CFU
- 10
- Course Regulation
- Coorte 2018
- Offered
- 2020/21
- Learning activities
- Caratterizzante
- Area
- Discipline biologiche e farmacologiche
- Academic discipline
- BIO/14
- Type of study-unit
- Obbligatorio (Required)
- Type of learning activities
- Attività formativa monodisciplinare
- Language of instruction
- Italian
- Contents
- General principles of pharmacotherapy
Systematic pharmacology: the different families of drugs according to the therapeutic classification - Reference texts
- Waller, Renwick, Hillier. "Medical Pharmacology and Therapeutics" Third Edition Elsevier
- Educational objectives
- Knowledge of drug therapy
Knowledge of pharmacological profile of the different therapeutic families, including main effects, side and secondary effects - Prerequisites
- Having passed the exam of General Pharmacology, Pharmacognosy and Toxicology (for CTF students) or General Pharmacology (for Biotechnology students)
- Teaching methods
- Face-to-face theoretical lessons
- Other information
- Private Facebook Group
- Learning verification modality
- Written exam with open answers
- Extended program
- General principles of pharmacotherapy
The ADRs
Immunotoxicity and drug allergy
Pharmacology of monoclonal antibodies
Vaccines
Antineoplastic, antibacterial and antiviral chemotherapy: general principles and the main group of drugs
The inflammatory process and its involvement in pathological diseases
NSAIDs
SAIDs
Rheumatoid arthritis therapy
Pharmacology of diabetes mellitus
Obesity pharmacotherapy
General information on the neurotransmission of the peripheral and central nervous system
Pharmacology of the cardiovascular system
Treatment of congestive heart failure and angina pectoris
Anti-hypertensive drugs
Diuretics
Pharmacotherapy of erectile dysfunction
Peptic ulcer therapy
Pain pharmacology and main classes of analgesic drugs
Pharmacotherapy of affective disorders (depression and anxiety)
Schizophrenia therapy
Pharmacological therapy of Alzheimer's disease
Tolerance and addiction