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Pharmacology I

(NOC239) -  C. Pantos, E. Tiligada, C. Dalla, I. Mourouzis, D. Trafalis

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Pharmacology
The main objective of the course is to provide the fundamental information and the general principles underlying the actions of drugs and their use in medical practice.

Through lectures and digital tools, the training is focused on the properties of the clinically relevant drug classes and prototypes, including molecular actions, pharmacokinetics, major therapeutic indications, side effects and interactions.

Optional training in experimental pharmacology will be offered.


Duration:
13 weeks



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Τετάρτη 19 Μαΐου 2021

  • Course Objective

    The objective of the course is to provide the fundamental information and the general principles underlying the actions of drugs and their use in medical practice.
    Through lectures and digital tools, the training is focused on the properties of the clinically relevant drug classes and prototypes, including molecular actions, pharmacokinetics, major therapeutic indications, side effects and interactions.

    Optional training in experimental pharmacology will be offered.

    Teachers

    Constantinos Pantos , Professor/Head Department of Pharmacology
    Ekaterini Tiligada, Professor, Department of Pharmacology
    Christina Dalla, Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacology
    Iordanis Mourouzis, Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacology
    Dimitrios Trafalis, Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacology

    Course Syllabus

    1. Basic Principles of Pharmacology
    2. Drugs of the Autonomic Nervous System
      • Cholinergic Drugs
      • Anti-Cholinergic Drugs
      • Sympathomimetics
      • Sympatholytics
    3. Cardiovascular Pharmacology
      • Drugs for Hemodynamic Instability
      • Anti-Anginal Drugs
      • Drugs for Heart failure
      • Anti-Hypertensive Drugs
      • Anti-Arrhythmic Drugs
      • Anti-Lipid Drugs
      • Anti-Platelets
      • Anti-Coagulants & Thrombolytics
    4. Drugs for Respiratory Diseases
    5. Anti-Inflammatory and Analgesic Drugs
      • Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs
      • Opiod and Non-Opioid analgesic Drugs
    6. Drugs for Allergies
    7. ImmunoModulatory Drugs
    8. Drugs for Anemias
    9. Drugs of the Central Nervous System
      • Anti-Psychotic Drugs
      • Sedatives - Anxiolytics - Hypnotics
      • Anti-Depressive Drugs
      • Anti-Epileptic Drugs
      • Drugs for Neurodegenerative Diseases
      • Drugs for Multiple Sclerosis
    10. Anesthetics
      • Local Anesthetics
      • General Anesthetics
    11. Drug Adverse Events and Drug Interactions
    12. Novel Drugs – NanoPharmacology

    Bibliography

     

    • Drugs for the heart, Lionel H. Opie, Elsevier
    • Basic and Clinical Pharmacology, Bertram G. katzung, LANGE, Chapter 9 and 13
    • Overgaard CB, Dzavík V. Inotropes and vasopressors: review of physiology and clinical use in cardiovascular disease. Circulation. 2008 Sep 2;118(10):1047-56. https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/epub/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.107.728840