Department of Pharmacology

Curriculum

General Pharmacology

Definitions, Pharmacopoea, drug prescription.

Drug administration, absorption, distribution, biotransformation, excretion, basic pharmacokinetics.

Pharmacodynamics, Specific and nonspecific structure-activity relationships, receptor-mediated drug effects, dose-effect and concentration-effect relationships, rational and irrational drug combinations.

Pharmacogenetics.

Undesired drug effects, toxic side effects, allergic reactions, secondary side effects, drug dependence.

Drug interactions, pharmacodynamic interactions, pharmacokinetic interactions, interactions between drugs and food.

Neonatal and pediatric pharmacology.

Drug development and drug trials.

General management of poisoning.

Specific Pharmacology

Psychoactive drugs, neuroleptics, antidepressants, tranquilizers, psychostimulants, nootropics, psychomimetics, hypnosedatives, anorectics.

Analgesics. Opioids, non-narcotic analgesics. Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory agents.

General and local anesthetics.

Muscle relaxants. Anticonvulsants, antiepileptics.

Antiparkinsonian drugs. Antiemetics.

Drugs affecting ganglia.

Drugs affecting the sympathetic nervous system, direct and indirect sympathomimetics, selective and nonselective adrenoreceptor antagonists, antisympathetic agents.

Drugs affecting the parasympathetic nervous system, direct and indirect cholinergics, parasympatholytic drugs.

Hypothalamic hormones, pituitary hormones, thyroid hormones, antithyroid drugs, insulin, oral antidiabetics, antihypoglycemics, glucocorticoids, mineralocorticoids, estrogens, antiestrogens, progestins, hormonal contraception, androgens, antiandrogens, anabolics, eicosanoids, tocolytic drugs.

Histamine, H1, H2 antihistamines.

Plasma substituents, hemostatic agents, anticoagulants, antifibrinolytics, antitrombotic drugs.

Plasma lipids lowering agents.

Positive inotropic drugs, antiarrhythmics, antianginals, antihypertensive drugs, diuretics, antidiuretics.

Antiasthmatic drugs, antitussive drugs, expectorants.

Acids and digestive enzymes, antiacids, drugs inhibiting gastrointestinal motility, prokinetic drugs, laxatives, choleretic and cholekinetic drugs.

Contrast media.

Vitamins.

Antiinfectives, antibiotics, antivirotics, antituberculins, antimycotics, antimalarial drugs, sulfonamides, chemotherapeutics of urinary and intestinal infections.

Immunomodulators, immunosupressants.

Chemotherapeutics of malignant tumors, mitotic inhibitors, alkylating agents, antimetabolites, miscellaneous cytostatics, antibiotics, hormones, radioactive isotopes.