TOXICOLOGY

Degree course: 
Corso di Long single cycle degree (6 years) in MEDICINE AND SURGERY
Academic year when starting the degree: 
2016/2017
Year: 
4
Academic year in which the course will be held: 
2019/2020
Course type: 
Compulsory subjects, characteristic of the class
Credits: 
1
Period: 
Second semester
Standard lectures hours: 
12
Detail of lecture’s hours: 
Lesson (8 hours), Seminar (4 hours)
Assessment: 
Voto Finale

Toxicology - Pharmacological and toxicological aspects of drug dependence. Substances of abuse and drug addiction. Poisonings and antidotes. Preclinical drug-toxicological testing. Requirements for the admission of new preparations for human experimentation. Toxicology - Evaluation of

Preclinical drug-toxicological testing. Requirements for the admission of new preparations for human experimentation. Toxicology - Evaluation of drug toxicity: acute toxicity and toxicity after repeated administration. Mutagenic and carcinogenic effects. Fetal toxicity and teratogenesis.
Principles and phases of clinical trials of drugs. Ethical aspects of human experimentation. Examples of experimental protocols.
Toxicology - Pharmacological and toxicological aspects of drug dependence. Substances of abuse and drug addiction. Poisonings and antidotes.

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- Rang HP, Dale MM, Ritter JM Farmacologia, Casa Editrice Ambrosiana, Milano
- Golan DE et al. Principi di Farmacologia – Le basi fisiopatologiche delle malattie, Casa Editrice Ambrosiana, Milano
- Katzung BG Farmacologia generale e clinica Piccin, Padova
- Howland MD, Mycek MJ Le basi della farmacologia, Zanichelli, Bologna
- Birkett DJ Elementi di farmacocinetica, Piccin, Padova

Frontal lesson with the help of slidea and scientific literature

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