GENERAL PHARMACOLOGY

Provide the student with the basis of pharmacology necessary for the performance of the role of biotechnological technician .

§ Know the role of drugs

§ Know how the drugs modify the body

§ Know the PK parameters

§ Know the mechanism of action of drugs including biological drugs

Requested background: none

Class attend: mandatory

Test: oral or written exam

Delivery of educational material: slides

Information for students with disabilities and / or SLD: To guarantee equal opportunities and in compliance with the laws in force, interested students can ask for a personal interview in order to plan any compensatory and / or dispensatory measures, based on the teaching objectives and specifications needs. It is also possible to contact the CInAP contact person (Center for Active and Participatory Integration - Services for Disabilities and / or SLD) of the Department of Biomedical and Biotechonological Sciences.

The student must to know the following topics:

• Routes of drug administration*
• Drug absorption *
• Drug distribution *
• Drug metabolism *
• Drug elimination *
• PK parameters *
• Receptor classification *
• Agonists and antagonists *
• Signal transduction *
• Tolerance
• Noradrenergic transmission *
• Cholinergic transmission*
• Biological drugs *

Pharmacology, Fifth Edition, Lippincott Richard A. Harvey Michelle A. Clark, Richard Finkel, Jose A. Rey, Karen Whalen.