Pharmacology I
A.Y. 2020/2021
Learning objectives
The course intends to provide medical students with basic information on drugs' action, focusing on the general principles of pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics. To this aim, students will learn about the cellular and molecular targets of drug actions, with emphasis on how the pharmacological interference with these targets can produce a therapeutic outcome. Students will also learn on how a drug reaches its target in the body, crossing physiologic barriers, distributing into peripheral tissues, and eventually being metabolized and excreted.
Expected learning outcomes
Students will develop the aptitude to establish the appropriate pharmacotherapy on the basis of:
- Pathogenetic mechanisms of disease
- Mechanism of action of the drugs
- Pharmacokinetic parameters for the choice of the dose, posology, administration routes
-I ndividual characteristics of the patient (comorbidity, possible drug-drug interactions, pharmacogenetics).
- Pathogenetic mechanisms of disease
- Mechanism of action of the drugs
- Pharmacokinetic parameters for the choice of the dose, posology, administration routes
-I ndividual characteristics of the patient (comorbidity, possible drug-drug interactions, pharmacogenetics).
Lesson period: First semester
Assessment methods: Esame
Assessment result: voto verbalizzato in trentesimi
Single course
This course cannot be attended as a single course. Please check our list of single courses to find the ones available for enrolment.
Course syllabus and organization
Single session
Responsible
The teaching, given the current health situation, will be carried out entirely at a distance.
Course syllabus
Lecture 1: Pharmacodynamics. Classification of drug targets
Lecture 2: Pharmacodynamics. Classification of drug targets
Lecture 3: Pharmacodynamics. Classification of drug targets
Lecture 4: Pharmacodinamics. Quantitative drug-receptor interactions
Lecture 5: Pharmacodinamics. Quantitative drug-receptor interactions
Lecture 6: Pharmacodinamics- Clinical applications
Lecture 7: NO
Lecture 8: Arachidonic acid cascade
Lecture 9: Pharmacology of immunosuppression
Lecture 10: Proton Pump Inhibitors and drugs affecting gastrointestinal functions
Lecture 11: Pharmacology of Autonomic Nervous System (ANS)
Lecture 12: Pharmacogenetics and pharmacogenomics.
Lecture 13: Pharmacokinetics-Absorption
Lecture 14: Pharmacokinetics-Distribution
Lecture 15: Pharmacokinetics-Metabolism
Lecture 16: Pharmacokinetics-Excretion
Lecture17: Pharmacokinetics-Clinical applications
Lecture 18: Pharmacokinetics- Clinical applications
Lecture 2: Pharmacodynamics. Classification of drug targets
Lecture 3: Pharmacodynamics. Classification of drug targets
Lecture 4: Pharmacodinamics. Quantitative drug-receptor interactions
Lecture 5: Pharmacodinamics. Quantitative drug-receptor interactions
Lecture 6: Pharmacodinamics- Clinical applications
Lecture 7: NO
Lecture 8: Arachidonic acid cascade
Lecture 9: Pharmacology of immunosuppression
Lecture 10: Proton Pump Inhibitors and drugs affecting gastrointestinal functions
Lecture 11: Pharmacology of Autonomic Nervous System (ANS)
Lecture 12: Pharmacogenetics and pharmacogenomics.
Lecture 13: Pharmacokinetics-Absorption
Lecture 14: Pharmacokinetics-Distribution
Lecture 15: Pharmacokinetics-Metabolism
Lecture 16: Pharmacokinetics-Excretion
Lecture17: Pharmacokinetics-Clinical applications
Lecture 18: Pharmacokinetics- Clinical applications
Prerequisites for admission
To take the Pharmacology 1 exam, students must have already passed all the exams of the first year (Fundamentals of Basic Sciences, Cells Molecules and Genes 1 and 2, Human Body) and the exam of Functions.
Teaching methods
Lectures and seminars
Teaching Resources
· "General and Molecular Pharmacology. Principles of drug action" Edited by Francesco Clementi and Guido Fumagalli. Wiley.
· Goodman & Gilman's. "The pharmacological basis of therapeutics". 12th Edition. The McGraw-Hill companies
· Goodman & Gilman's. "The pharmacological basis of therapeutics". 12th Edition. The McGraw-Hill companies
Assessment methods and Criteria
Students' assessment is based on an oral exam. The exam is deemed to be passed successfully if the final grade is equal to or higher than 18/30. In the event of a full grade (30/30) honors (lode) may be granted.
Registration to the exam through SIFA is mandatory.
Registration to the exam through SIFA is mandatory.
BIO/14 - PHARMACOLOGY - University credits: 3
Lessons: 36 hours
Professors:
Baldassarre Damiano, Fornasari Diego Maria Michele
Professor(s)