Pharmacology for Dentistry Students 1

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Topic

The general aim of the subject is to provide the dentistry students with all the basic information in pharmacology necessary to understand the actions of drugs and the clinical pharmacotherapy. Pharmacology can be defined as the study of the manner in which the function of living systems is affected by chemical agents. Therefore, the students should be familiar with the basic knowledge of the physiological, pathophysiological and biochemical background of the pharmacological and therapeutic approaches. On the other hand, drug therapy is closely related to the clinical aspects of diseases.

The following topics will be dealt with. Definitions, prescription writing, drug development, drug formulations. General aspects of mechanisms of drug actions: characterization of drug-receptor interactions, mechanisms of drug antagonism, signal transduction mechanisms of drug receptors. General and quantitative aspects of pharmacokinetics: absorption, distribution and elimination of drugs. Pharmacology of the autonomic nervous system. Local anaesthetics.

Antimicrobial chemotherapy. Drugs affecting haemostasis, haematopoesis and hyperlipoproteinaemias. Pharmacology of histamine.

Lectures

• 1. Introduction to pharmacology, drug development - Sándor Zoltán (1968, Farmakológia)
• 2. Basic mechanisms of drug effects - Sándor Zoltán (1968, Farmakológia)
• 3. Signal transduction - Sándor Zoltán (1968, Farmakológia)
• 4. Characteristics of the agonist-receptor interaction I. - Sándor Zoltán (1968, Farmakológia)
• 5. Characteristics of the agonist-receptor interaction II. - Sándor Zoltán (1968, Farmakológia)
• 6. Antagonism, tachyphylaxis and tolerance - Sándor Zoltán (1968, Farmakológia)
• 7. Absorption, distribution - Gasznerné Kormos Viktória
• 8. Biotransformation and excretion - Gasznerné Kormos Viktória
• 9. Pharmacokinetic parameters - Gasznerné Kormos Viktória
• 10. Introduction to the pharmacology of the autonomic nervous system - Gasznerné Kormos Viktória
• 11. Cholinerg agonists, cholinesterase inhibitors - Gasznerné Kormos Viktória
• 12. Muscarine receptor antagonists - Gasznerné Kormos Viktória
• 13. Drugs acting on the synthesis, storage, release and elimination of catecholamines - Gasznerné Kormos Viktória
• 14. Adrenergic receptor agonists - Gasznerné Kormos Viktória
• 15. Adrenergic receptor antagonists - Gasznerné Kormos Viktória
• 16. Local anaesthetics I. - Csekő Kata
• 17. Local anaesthetics II. - Csekő Kata
• 18. General Anesthetics - Csekő Kata
• 19. Eicosanoids - Csekő Kata
• 20. NSAIDs I. - Csekő Kata
• 21. NSAIDs II. - Csekő Kata
• 22. Introduction to antimicrobial chemotherapy - Sándor Zoltán (1968, Farmakológia)
• 23. Sulfonamides, trimethoprim. Fluoroquinolones - Sándor Zoltán (1968, Farmakológia)
• 24. Beta-lactam antibiotics I. - Sándor Zoltán (1968, Farmakológia)
• 25. Beta-lactam antibiotics II. Glycopeptide antibiotics - Gasznerné Kormos Viktória
• 26. Tetracyclines, chloramphenicol, linezolid, clindamycin, metronidazole - Gasznerné Kormos Viktória
• 27. Aminoglycosides. Macrolides - Gasznerné Kormos Viktória
• 28. Tuberculosis Treatment and Antifungal drugs - Aczél Tímea
• 29. Antiviral, Antiprotozoal and Antihelminthic drugs - Aczél Tímea
• 30. Antiseptics and disinfectants - Aczél Tímea
• 31. Drug formulations I - Sándor Zoltán (1968, Farmakológia)
• 32. Drug formulations II - Sándor Zoltán (1968, Farmakológia)
• 33. Drug formulations III - Sándor Zoltán (1968, Farmakológia)
• 34. Agents acting on blood coagulation I. - Csekő Kata
• 35. Agents acting on blood coagulation II. - Csekő Kata
• 36. Agents acting on blood coagulation III. - Csekő Kata
• 37. Drugs affecting hematopoiesis - Aczél Tímea
• 38. Drugs affecting hyperlipoproteinemias - Aczél Tímea
• 39. Histamine and histamine receptor antagonists - Aczél Tímea
• 40. Consultation I. - Sándor Zoltán (1968, Farmakológia)
• 41. Consultation II. - Sándor Zoltán (1968, Farmakológia)
• 42. Test writing - Sándor Zoltán (1968, Farmakológia)

Practices

Seminars

Reading material

Obligatory literature

Rang, Dale,B. Ritter, Moore: Pharmacology, 8th edition, Elsevier Churchill Livingstone, 2015.

G. Katzung (ed.): Basic and Clinical Pharmacology, 12th edition, Lange Medical Books/McGraw-Hill, 2012.

Literature developed by the Department

Intranet. Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapy. Educational materials.

Neptun Meet Street

Notes

Recommended literature

Conditions for acceptance of the semester

For the semester to be accepted students are allowed to be absent from maximum 9 lectures.

Mid-term exams

There is no mid-term examination.

Making up for missed classes

Not possible

Exam topics/questions

1. Drug development

2. Basic mechanisms of drug action, Signal transduction processes

3. Characterization of agonist-receptor interactions

4. Antagonism, tachyphylaxis and tolerance

5. Absorption, distribution

6. Biotransformation and excretion

7. Pharmacokinetic parameters

8. Cholinergic agonists, Cholinesterase inhibitors

9. Muscarinic receptor antagonists

10. Agents affecting the synthesis, storage, release and elimination of catecholamines

11. Adrenergic receptor agonists

12. Adrenergic receptor antagonists

13. Local anesthetics

14. General anesthetics

15. Eicosanoids

16. NSAIDs

17. Sulfonamides, trimethoprim. Fluoroquinolones

18. Beta lactam antibiotics, Glycopeptide antibiotics

19. Tetracyclines, chloramphenicol, linezolid, clindamycin, metronidazole

20. Aminoglycosides. Macrolides

21. Antituberculotic drugs

22. Antifungal agents

23. Antiviral agents

24. Antiprotozoal and anthelmintic agents

25. Antiseptics and disinfectants

26. Antiplatelet agents

27. Anticoagulants, hemostatic agents

28. Drugs affecting hematopoiesis

29. Drugs affecting hyperlipoproteinemias

30. Histamine and histamine receptor antagonists
The condition for passing the exam is at least satisfactory completion of the written test based on the listed topics.

Examiners

• Gasznerné Kormos Viktória
• Sándor Zoltán (1968, Farmakológia)

Instructor / tutor of practices and seminars

• Aczél Tímea
• Csekő Kata
• Gasznerné Kormos Viktória
• Sándor Zoltán (1968, Farmakológia)