Dental Students. Seminars in Clinical Pharmacology (1999) at the Medical School, University of Lublin, Poland.

Contact: Dr. R. Korolkiewicz, Department of Pharmacology, Medical University of Gdansk, Do Studzienki 38, 80-227 Gdansk-Wrzeszcz, Poland. tel +48-58-419042; fax +48-58-5565037; email rokor@amedec.amg.gda.pl

Students of the Faculty of Dentistry at the Medical School, University of Lublin subscribe to an obligatory course in clinical pharmacology for 9th semester of their university curriculum. The full course consists of 13 seminars. The course is completed after taking a written examination.

General principles of clinical pharmacology (pharmacokinetics, pharmacogenetics, drug therapy monitoring).

Pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic interactions, side-effects of the pharmacological agents

Treatment of the inflammatory states of oral cavity mucosa and periodontal disease (antiinflammatory drugs, antibacterial and antiviral agents)

Chemotherapy of bacterial infections: mono- and polytherapy-the rules of combined antibacterial therapies

The pharmacotherapy of allergic diseases and post-medication syndromes-allergic tests, Hoigne's, Nicolai's and Steven-Johnson's syndromes

Local anaesthetics-the treatment of overdosis taking into account the type of anaesthesia, concentration of the anaesthethic agent and anaesthetized region

The pharmacotherapy of acute and chronic pain caused by migraine, neuralgia, temporo- mandibular arthritis, astringents

The pharmacotherapy of anxiety and psychomotor agitation

Unwanted effects of glucocorticoids-prevention and management

Vitamin deficiencies-symptoms in the oral cavity, treatment

The role of platelets and endothelium in hemostasis. Drugs evoking thrombocytopenia-symptoms and management

The pharmacology of bleeding disorders

The pharmacotherapy of life-threatening conditions (syncope, shock, pulmonary oedema)

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