GENERAL PHARMACOLOGY M - Z
Academic Year 2023/2024 - Teacher: GIAN MARCO LEGGIOExpected Learning Outcomes
Provide the student with the general pharmacology knowledge necessary to carry out the role of the biotechnologist.
§ Know what drugs are, including biological ones, and the role they have in the therapeutic field
§ Understand how drugs change the patient's health status
§ Know the factors that can modify the response to a drug
§ Know the risks associated with the use of drugs
§ Know the mechanisms of action of drugs
Course Structure
Required Prerequisites
Attendance of Lessons
Detailed Course Content
main routes of drug administration: characteristics, advantages, disadvantages, and contraindications for each (Clark, chapter 1) *
drug distribution processes in the body (Clark cap1) *
main drug biotransformation processes (Clark cap1) *
main routes of drug elimination (Clark cap1) *
factors that can alter drug elimination and clinical-therapeutic consequences (Clark cap1) *
Main pharmacokinetic parameters (Clark cap1) *
Classification of receptors and drug-receptor interaction (Clark cap2 cap 3) *
Receptor agonists and antagonists (Clark cap2) *
Signal translation (Clark cap2) *
Tolerance and tachyphylaxis (Clark chapter 2)
Cholinergic transmission (Clark cap4 and cap 5) *
Adrenergic transmission (Clark cap6 and cap 7) *
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 | ''Pharmacology'' Harvey | |
| 2 | ''Pharmacology'' Harvey | |
| 3 | ''Pharmacology'' Harvey | |
| 4 | ''Pharmacology'' Harvey | |
| 5 | ''Pharmacology'' Harvey | |
| 6 | ''Pharmacology'' Harvey | |
| 7 | ''Pharmacology'' Harvey | |
| 8 | ''Pharmacology'' Harvey | |
| 9 | ''Pharmacology'' Harvey | |
| 10 | ''Pharmacology'' Harvey | |
| 11 | ''Pharmacology'' Harvey | |
| 12 | ''Pharmacology'' Harvey | |
| 13 | ''Pharmacology'' Harvey |
Learning Assessment
Learning Assessment Procedures
oral or written exam
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.
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 *