Pharmacology for Dentistry Students 2

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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. Opioid analgesic drugs, cyclooxygenase inhibitors. Pharmacology of the central nervous system: general anaesthetics, antipsychotic drugs, antidepressants, antianxiety and hypnotic drugs, antiepileptics, treatment of neurodegenerative disorders, drug abuse and dependence. Pharmacology of the respiratory and the gastrointestinal tract. Pharmacology of the endocrine system: pituitary hormones, corticosteroids, reproductive system, thyroid hormones, antithyroid drugs, insulin, glucagon and oral hypoglycemic agents, vitamin D, treatment of osteoporosis. Cardiovascular pharmacology. Pharmacology of the central nervous system.

Lectures

• 1. Therapy of asthma and COPD - Sándor Zoltán (1968, Farmakológia)
• 2. Cough suppressants, expectorants - Sándor Zoltán (1968, Farmakológia)
• 3. Treatment of peptic ulcer - Csekő Kata
• 4. Emetics, antiemetics - Csekő Kata
• 5. Laxatives, antidiarrheals. Choleretics and cholekinetic agents. - Csekő Kata
• 6. Calcium channel blockers, smooth muscle agents - Csekő Kata
• 7. Antiarrhythmic drugs - Gasznerné Kormos Viktória
• 8. Agents acting on the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system - Gasznerné Kormos Viktória
• 9. Treatment of high blood pressure - Gasznerné Kormos Viktória
• 10. Treatment of congestive heart failure - Gasznerné Kormos Viktória
• 11. Opioid analgesics - Aczél Tímea
• 12. Adjuvant analgesics - Aczél Tímea
• 13. Anxiolytics, hypnotics - Gasznerné Kormos Viktória
• 14. Antidepressants - Gasznerné Kormos Viktória
• 15. Antiepileptics - Gasznerné Kormos Viktória
• 16. Central muscle relaxants - Gasznerné Kormos Viktória
• 17. Peripheral muscle relaxants - Aczél Tímea
• 18. Hypothalamus and pituitary hormones - Aczél Tímea
• 19. Parathyroid hormone, calcitonin, vitamin D and the treatment of osteoporosis - Csekő Kata
• 20. Insulin, insulin analogues - Csekő Kata
• 21. Corticosteroids - Csekő Kata
• 22. Female sex hormones - Csekő Kata
• 23. Immunosuppressants. Immunomodulators. - Aczél Tímea
• 24. Treatment of inflammatory bowel diseases - Aczél Tímea
• 25. Antitumor agents, cytotoxic agents - Sándor Zoltán (1968, Farmakológia)
• 26. Antitumor agents, biological therapy - Sándor Zoltán (1968, Farmakológia)
• 27. Cytotoxic and embryotoxic drug side effects, drug allergy, drug interactions - Sándor Zoltán (1968, Farmakológia)
• 28. Drug abuse, Pharmacology of alcohols, Hepatoprotective agents - Sándor Zoltán (1968, Farmakológia)

Practices

Seminars

Reading material

Obligatory literature

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

B. 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 should be absent from no more than 6 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

31. Therapy of asthma and COPD

32. Cough suppressants, expectorants, Treatment of allergic rhinitis

33. Treatment of peptic ulcer, Prokinetic agents

34. Emetics, antiemetics, Laxatives, antidiarrheals. Choleretic and cholekinetic agents.

35. Calcium channel blockers, Smooth muscle agents

36. Antianginal agents

37. Antiarrhythmic agents

38. Agents acting on the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system

39. Diuretics

40. Treatment of high blood pressure

41.Treatment of congestive heart failure

42.Fluid therapy

43.Opioid analgesics, Adjuvant analgesics, Migraine therapy

44.Anxiolytics, hypnotics

45.Antidepressants

46.Antipsychotics

47.Antiepileptics

48.Treatment of neurodegenerative diseases

49.Peripheral muscle relaxants, Central muscle relaxants

50.Hypothalamus and pituitary hormones, Thyroid hormones, thyroid-inhibiting agents

51.Parathyroid hormone, calcitonin, vitamin D and osteoporosis treatment

52.Insulin, insulin analogues, Oral antidiabetics. Glucagon

53.Corticosteroids

54.Female sex hormones, Male sex hormones

55. Immunosuppressants. Immunomodulators. Treatment of inflammatory bowel diseases

56.Treatment of rheumatoid arthritis and gout

57.Antitumor agents, cytotoxic agents

58.Antitumor agents, biological therapy

59.Cytotoxic and embryotoxic drug side effects, drug allergy, drug interactions

60.Drug abuse, Pharmacology of alcohols, Liver protective agents

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)