PHARMACOLOGY

Degree course: 
Academic year when starting the degree: 
2022/2023
Year: 
2
Academic year in which the course will be held: 
2023/2024
Course type: 
Basic compulsory subjects
Credits: 
2
Period: 
First Semester
Standard lectures hours: 
24
Detail of lecture’s hours: 
Lesson (24 hours)
Assessment: 
Voto Finale

The PHARMACOLOGY course is structured in 12 lessons for a total of 24 hours concerning the following topics:
-Main drug delivery routes;
-Elements of pharmacokinetics (absorption, distribution, metabolism and excretion of drugs in healthy subjects and patients);
- Pharmacodynamic elements (mechanism of action and variability of response to drugs);
-Pharmacology-toxicology topics (drug interaction, abuse, tolerance, addiction);
- Clinical pharmacology topics concerning the mechanism of action, pharmacokinetics, therapeutic indications, adverse effects and interactions of local anesthetic drugs, general anesthetics, opioid analgesics, sedative-hypnotics, drugs that act on the blood, chemotherapy, antibiotics.

Frontal lessons.
Classroom activities include the projection of ppt files set with images and diagrams. During the lesson, examples of drug use and current events regarding the various topics covered 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 by writing to the email address cristina.giaroni@uninsubria.it