Lectures - 6th term - 26 hours
1. General aspect of pharmacology. Definition and scope of pharmacology. Meaning of
materia medica. Sources of drugs. Some common abbreviations and their meanings.
2. Solid and liquid drugs and effects of drugs. Therapeutic methods. Stimulants and
depressants.
3. Intimate study of drug action I. Absorption.
4. Intimate study of drug action II. Distribution and elimination.
5. Intimate study of drug action III. Possible mechanisms of drug action.
6. Drugs affecting the digestive system I.
7. Drugs affecting the digestive system II.
8. Drugs affecting the respiratory system.
9. Drugs affecting the excretory system.
10. Agents used in hyperlipaemia.
11. Narcotic analgesics. Drug abuse and dependence.
12. Pharmacology of general anaesthesia.
13. Imunosuppressive agents.
Practical lessons - 6th term - 12 hours
1. Introduction to the problem of prescribing of drugs. The prescribtion -
the structure, its single parts. Pharmacopeia - the structure. Narcotic act
and rules of prescribing of opiates.
2. The prescribing of brand products and antibiotics.
3. The test - prescribing of brand products.
4. The prescribing of liquid forms of remedies for internal and external
use.
5. The prescribing of solid and soft forms of remedies.
6. The test - prescribing of liquid, solid and soft forms of remedies.
Group discussions - 6th term - 14 hours
1. >Hormones of the adrenal, pituitary and gonads.
2. Pancreatic hormones and antidiabetic drugs. Thyroid and antithyroid
drugs.
3. Autacoids, hepatoprotective drugs.
4. Antiseptics, disinfectants.
5. Antihelmintics and antimalarial drugs.
6. Written exam in special pharmaclogy.
7. Compensatory lessons and credit.
Lectures - 7th term - 26 hours
1. Drug effects on the nervous system and neuroeffectors; - cholinergic drugs; - cholinergic
blocking agents
2. Drug effects on the nervous system and neuroeffectors; - adrenergic drugs; - adrenergic
blocking agents; - drugs acting on the adrenergic neuron
3. Psychopharmacology; - general concepts of psychopharmacology; - antipsychotic drugs;
- antidepressant and antimanic drugs
4. Psychopharmacology; - antianxiety drugs; - hypnotic drugs and alcohol; - central
nervous system stimulants
5. Drugs used in cardiovascular disease - digitalis
6. Drugs used in cardiovascular disease - antiarrhytmic drugs
7. Drugs used in cardiovascular disease - antianginal drugs
8. Chemotherapy; - sulphonamides; - quinolones;
9. Antibiotics; - penicilin and other drugs for treatment of gram-positive infections; -
aminoglycosides and other drugs used for treatment of gram-negative infections
10. Drugs used for treatment of mycobacterial infections
11. Drugs used for treatment of fungal infections
12. Antiviral agents
13. Drugs used for treatment of amebiasis and other intestinal protozoal infections; Drugs
used for treatment of malaria and other extraintestinal protozoal infections; Antihelmintic drugs
Practical lessons - 7th term
5 laboratory practicals - 10 hours; 8 group discussion - 16 hours; 4 written exams
1. The prescribing of drugs - the repetition
2. Drugs with the influence on cholinergic transmision. The effect of pilocarpine and
atropine on salivation in mice - practical lesson
3. Drug with the influence on adrenergic transmision
4. Pharmacology of peripheral autonomic system - the test
5. Antiepileptics; The effect of psychoactive drugs on locomotor activity in mice - practical
lesson
6. Analgesic-antipyretics, antiphlogistics and antirheumatics; The effect of analgesics on the
perception of the pain in mice - practical lesson
7. Pharmacology of central nervous system - the test
8. Local anaesthetics; The effect of local anaesthetics on corneal reflex in rabbit - practical
lesson
9. Pharmacology of blood vessels
10. Pharmacology of cardiovascular system - the test
11. Neuromuscular blocking agents; The effect of neuromuscular blocking agents on the
cervical muscles tonus in rabbit - practical lesson
12. Antibiotics and chemotherapeutics - the test
13. Compensatory lessons and credit
By the end of the undergraduate course students should be familiar:
1. From general pharmacology with: - pharmacokinetic principles, it means processes after
drug administration - resorbtion, distribution, biotransformation and elimination, basic
pharmacodynamic processes, it means mechanisms of drug action on molecular level toxicological
concepts and dosology, it means single and maximal therapeutic dose, therapeutic range,
therapeutic index, LD50, - prescription of remedies, rules and ways how to prescribe brand
products and extemporaneous products.
2. From the special pharmacology with: - pharmacological groups of remedies and single
drugs from the view of their mechanism of action, indications, contraindications, adverse effects,
important interactions, dosage.
Clinical pharmacology - 10th term - compulsory optional course - 24 hours
1. Therapy of hypertension disease; - monotherapy; - combined therapy; - adverse
reactions; - pharmacoeconomy
2. Therapy of atherosclerosis; - prophylaxis; - antiagregation therapy;
3. Agents used in hyperlipaemia; - algoritms of therapy; - rules of European society of
atherosclerosis
4. Ostheoporosis; - prevention; - therapy from the view of its pathomechanism
5. Ostheoporosis; - substitutive therapy; - hormonal therapy
6. Therapy and prophylaxis of nephropathy; - problem from the view of clinical
pharmacologist; - new therapeutics methods
7. Therapy of respiratory tract infections
8. Usage of antibiotics for the treatment of respiratory tract infections
9. Therapy of chronic bronchopulmonal disease; - bronchodilators; - inhalation therapy; -
monitoring
10. The levels of drug in plasma; - monitoring
11. The drugs and pregnancy
12. Compensatory lessons and credit