GENERAL PHARMACOLOGY A - L
Academic Year 2023/2024 - Teacher: CLAUDIO BUCOLOExpected Learning Outcomes
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
Course Structure
Frontal lessons
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.
Attendance of Lessons
Detailed Course Content
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 *
Textbook Information
Pharmacology, Fifth Edition, Lippincott Richard A. Harvey Michelle A. Clark, Richard Finkel, Jose A. Rey, Karen Whalen.
Course Planning
| Subjects | Text References | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Routes of drug administration | ''Pharmacology'' Harvey |
| 2 | Drug absorption | ''Pharmacology'' Harvey |
| 3 | Drug distribution | ''Pharmacology'' Harvey |
| 4 | Drug metabolism | ''Pharmacology'' Harvey |
| 5 | Drug elimination | ''Pharmacology'' Harvey |
| 6 | PK parameters | ''Pharmacology'' Harvey |
| 7 | Receptor classification | ''Pharmacology'' Harvey |
| 8 | Agonists and antagonists | ''Pharmacology'' Harvey |
| 9 | Signal transduction | ''Pharmacology'' Harvey |
| 10 | Noradrenergic transmission, agonists and antagonists | ''Pharmacology'' Harvey |
| 11 | Cholinergic transmission, agonists and antagonists | ''Pharmacology'' Harvey |
| 12 | Tolerance; therapeutic index | ''Pharmacology'' Harvey |
| 13 | Basic principles of biological drugs | "Pharmacology" Harvey |
Learning Assessment
Learning Assessment Procedures
Examples of frequently asked questions and / or exercises
- 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 *