Pharmacology and Clinical Biochemistry

The teaching aims to provide students:
1. An introduction to the basic principles of General Pharmacology, as well as an overview of Clinical Pharmacology and Nutraceuticals
2. An in-depth study on the pharmacotherapy of diseases where nutrition plays a role and on drug-drug, drug-herbs and drug-food interactions.
3. An overview of the role, purpose and potential of Laboratory Medicine in health protection, in disease prevention and monitoring, and in assessing the nutritional status of a patient
4. The basic knowledge to interpret biochemical-clinical profiles correlated to the main metabolic diseases and the nutrition and dietary behavior.

At the end of this Teaching Course the student will:
1. Know the main pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamics parameters and variables;
2. Possess knowledge on the mechanisms of action of drugs and toxic products at the molecular, cellular and complex systems level;
3. Have a general knowledge of the main procedures of the Clinical Biochemistry Laboratory that characterize the pre-analytical, analytical and post-analytical phase
4. Have a knowledge on the main biochemical-clinical profiles associated with some major metabolic diseases and the nutritional status of the patient