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Toxicology of Medications, Drugs of Abuse, as well as Food and Environmental Contaminants

Data

Official data in SubjectManager for the following academic year: 2024-2025

Course director

  • Poór Miklós

    assistant professor,
    Institute for Translational Medicine

Number of hours/semester

lectures: 12 hours

practices: 0 hours

seminars: 0 hours

total of: 12 hours

Subject data

  • Code of subject: OAF-KST-T
  • 1 kredit
  • General Medicine
  • Optional modul
  • both
Prerequisites:

OAK-PH1-T finished

Exam course:

Course headcount limitations

min. 5 – max. 25

Topic

This course deals with the toxic (including teratogenic and carcinogenic) effects of drugs and other xenobiotics (including metals, solvents, toxic gases, pesticides, endocrine disruptors, chemical warfare agents, designer drugs, and other food and environmental contaminants). It describes the general aspects of toxicology, the mechanisms of toxicity, the harmful effects and the corresponding symptoms, the diagnostics of the adverse health effects, as well as their treatment.

Lectures

  • 1. Introduction - Poór Miklós
  • 2. Toxic hypoxias - Poór Miklós
  • 3. Toxicology of solvents - Poór Miklós
  • 4. Chemical warfare agents - Poór Miklós
  • 5. Toxicology of metals I. - Poór Miklós
  • 6. Toxicology of metals II. - Poór Miklós
  • 7. Toxicology of pesticides - Poór Miklós
  • 8. Endocrine disruptors - Poór Miklós
  • 9. Teratogenesis I. - Poór Miklós
  • 10. Teratogenesis II. - Poór Miklós
  • 11. Intoxications caused by medications or drugs of abuse - Poór Miklós
  • 12. Other intoxications: poisonous mushrooms, mycotoxins, animal venoms. - Poór Miklós

Practices

Seminars

Reading material

Obligatory literature

Literature developed by the Department

Slides of each lecture will be available for the students on Neptun Meet Street.

Notes

Recommended literature

Conditions for acceptance of the semester

Students are required to take two mid-semester written tests.

Mid-term exams

Students are required to take two mid-semester written tests, which determines their final grade.

Making up for missed classes

Missed classes cannot be made up.

Exam topics/questions

Basic principles of toxicology.

Drug intoxications.

Toxic hypoxias.

Toxicology of solvents.

Toxicology of metals.

Chemical warfare agents.

Teratogenesis.

Toxicology of pesticides.

Endocrine disruptors.

Designer drugs.

Other intoxications: poisonous mushrooms, mycotoxins, animal venoms.

Chemical carcinogens

Examiners

Instructor / tutor of practices and seminars

Rólunk