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PHARMACOLOGY AND INTERNAL MEDICINE

Teaching Staff

CLAUDIO BUCOLO - Module Pharmacology - BIO/14 - 3 CFU
ROSARIO SCUDERI - Module MEDICINA INTERNA - MED/09 - 3 CFU

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Detailed Course Content

• Pharmacology
  

  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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Textbook Information

• Pharmacology
  

  Clarck et al. Pharmacology. Lippincott

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