LECTURES
General information concerning pharmacology
1.1 Disposition and metabolism of drugs
1.2 Concepts and definitions of the pharmacologic receptor
1.3 Side- and toxic effects of therapeutic agents
1.4 Drug-drug interactions
1.5 Factors affecting drug absorption
1.6 Distribution and elimination of drugs
2 Drugs affecting the parasympathetic and sympathetic nervous system
3 Autocoids
4 Neuromuscular and sensory neuron blocking agents
5 Drugs affecting the function of the central nervous system
6 Analgesics and antiinflammatory drugs
7 Drugs affecting cardiac function and blood pressure
8 Diuretics
9 Agents affecting blood cell formation, coagulation and fibrynolysis
10 Drugs affecting the parasympathetic and sympathetic nervous system
11 Pharmacologic treatment of the respiratory system and gastrointestinal diseases
12 Hormones as drugs
13 Antimicrobial agents
14 Antineoplastic agents. Immunosuppressants
TUTORIALS
1 General pharmacology
2 Drugs affecting the parasympathetic
3 Drugs affecting the sympathetic nervous system
4 Autocoids
5 Skeletal muscle relaxants. Spasmolytic agents
6 Local anesthetics
7 Sedative-hypnotic agents. General anesthetics. Neuroleptoanalgesia
8 Narcotic and non-narcotic analgesics
9 Drugs for the treatment of seizure disorders. Drugs for Parkinsonism.
10 Antipsychotic agents. Drugs for affective (mood) disorders
11 Drugs afecting cardiac contractile force. Antiarrhythmics
12 Diuretics. Shock-pathogenesis and treatment
13 Hypertension and angina pectoris-pathogenesis, symptoms and treatment
14 Drugs affecting coagulation, fibrinolysis, and platelet aggregation. Drugs to treat
anemia. Vitamins
15 Respiratory functions: antitussives, expectorants, bronchodilators
16 Gastrointestinal drugs: gastric acid secretory stimulants, drugs used in acid-peptic
disease, cholagogues, laxatives, antidiarrheal and anthelmintic drugs
17 Hormones as drugs: thyroid gland, pancreas, adrenal glands. Hypothalamic and pituitary
control of the endocrine functions.
Students of the Pharmaceutical Faculty at the Medical University of Gdansk subscribe to a course in pharmacology and pharmacodynamic during 7-8 semesters of their university curriculum. The full course includes lectures (60 hrs) and compulsory classes and tutorials (90 hrs).