Pharmacology lectures for the English speaking Dentistry students of the 3^rd year;

First semester – Winter 2009/2010

 

Week No. 

 

1.   The scope of Pharmacology, goals,  Pharmacokinetics I – basic principles, absorption and distribution of drugs.

 

2.   Pharmacokinetics II – drug elimination and its clinical significance

 

3.     Pharmacodynamics, mechanisms of drug action system and side effects of drugs

 

4.  Drugs affecting autonomic nervous system, sympathomimetics,

Sympatholytics.

 

5.  Drugs affecting autonomic nervous system , parasympathomimetics,

parasympatholytics; peripheral muscle relaxants.

 

6.  Local anesthetics.

 

7.   Introduction to drugs acting on CNS. General anesthetics and   preanaesthetic medication.

      

8.   Neuroleptics, antidepressants, antimanics,   possible pharmacological intervention  in neurodegenerative diseases.

 

9.   Pharmacology of pain; nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs,

      opioid analgesics.

 

10.  Hypnotics and anxiolytics,  antiepileptics.

 

11.  Nitric oxide, donors and inhibitors and clinical implications.

 

12.  Drugs used in heart failure, diuretics, drugs used in angina pectoris.

 

13.  Drugs acting on the coagulation, platelet adhesion and fibrinolysis. 

       Drug    used  in anemias; hematopoietic growth factors.

Antiarrhytmics.

 

14.  Drugs used in GIT diseases and urinary infection. Drugs used for treatment respiratory diseases.

 

15.  Hormones as drugs, an overview.