PHARMACOLOGY - CO
The CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY course is structured in 8 lessons for a total of 15 hours concerning the mechanism of action, pharmacokinetics, therapeutic indications, adverse effects and interactions of the following classes of drugs:
-Anti-inflammatory drugs (2 hours);
- Drugs active in the central nervous system (opioid analgesics, local and general anesthetics, sedative-hypnotics) (4 hours);
-Pharmacology of the autonomic nervous system (4 hours);
-Drugs that act on the blood (1 hour);
-Antibiotic and antiviral chemotherapy (2 hours);
- Drugs active on the gastrointestinal system (2 hours)
General and Clinical Pharmacology. Katzung B.G. XIV Ed McGraw Hill Higher Education
Pharmacology. Rang, Dale, Ritter, Flower, Henderson. Elsevier Ed.
Presentations projected in class: downloadable from e-learning
Reported articles: downloadable from e-learning
Frontal lessons.
Classroom activities include the projection of ppt files set with images and schemes. During the lesson, clinical and current events regarding the various topics will be presented and students will be invited to interact with questions and curiosities.
The teacher receives the students for further information and explanations by appointment on request at the email address cristina.giaroni@uninsubria.it