FARMACOLOGIA E OTTICA FISIOPATOLOGICA

6 CFU - 2° Semester

CLAUDIO BUCOLO - Module FARMACOLOGIA - BIO/14 - 3 CFU
GIOVANNI PANTA - Module OTTICA FISIOPATOLOGICA - MED/30 - 3 CFU

Learning Objectives

FARMACOLOGIA
Provide the student with the basics of pharmacology and toxicology necessary for the performance of the role of optometrist

Intermediate targets:

• Know what medications are and the role they have in the therapeutic

• Understand the ways through which drugs modify the state of health of the patient

• Understand the factors that can alter the response to a drug

• Know the risks associated with the use of drugs

• Know the general principles of pharmacotherapy

• Know the toxicological and pharmacological profiles of the main ophthalmic drugs

FARMACOLOGIA
Part I

Pharmacokinetics

Pharmacodynamics

Part II

• Drugs used in the field of ophthalmology

FARMACOLOGIA
Part I

Pharmacokinetics

- The student at the end of the course will be able to describe:

• the main routes of drug administration and for each describe the main features, advantages, disadvantages and contraindications

• processes of drug distribution in the body

• main processes of drug biotransformation

• major routes of elimination of drugs

• factors that can alter the elimination of drugs and the clinical consequences and therapeutic

• Describe the main pharmacokinetic parameters

• Principles of pediatric pharmacology and geriatric

Pharmacodynamics:

- The student at the end of the course will be able to describe:

• Receptors and drug-receptor interaction

• Receptor Agonists and Antagonists

• Signal transduction

• Desensitization and tachyphylaxis

-Cholinergic and adrenergic transmission

Part II

• Drugs for glaucoma

• Drugs for AMD: anti-VEGF

• Drugs for ocular pain

• Mydriatics and miotics

• Antibiotics used in ophthalmology

• Anti-inflammatory drugs

• Local anesthetics

• Lacrimal substitutes and viscoelastic substances

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