PRIMO SOCCORSO MEDICINA PREVENTIVA EDUCAZIONE SANITARIA E ALIMENTARE

Academic Year 2015/2016 - 2° Year
Teaching Staff Credit Value: 8
Taught classes: 56 hours
Term / Semester:

Detailed Course Content

  • Pharmacology

    Introduction to Pharmacology.

    Drugs development process.

    Elements of Pharmacokinetics: absorption, distribution, metabolism, elimination.

    Elements of Pharmacodynamic and types of drug receptors.

    Elements of drugs interaction.

    Elements of drug abuse and addiction.

    Allergy and idiosyncrasy.

    Drugs and teratogenic risk

    Serotonergic, adrenergic and GABAergic neurotransmission.

    Treatment of depressive and anxiety disorders.

    Drugs capable to modify plasmatic lipid levels.


    Agents used for control of gastric acidity and treatment of peptic ulcers.



    Pancreatic hormones – oral hypoglycemic agents.

    Anti-obesity drugs.









Textbook Information

  • Pharmacology

    Farmacologia per le professioni sanitarie; Rossi F., Cuomo V., Riccardi C.,
    Edizioni Minerva Medica