Medical Pharmacology, Medical Faculty of the Safarik University,
Kosice,Slovakia

 

Contact Ján Moj¥iš, Associate Professor of Pharmacology,Department of Pharmacology of the Medical Faculty of the Safarik University Tr. SNP 1, 040 66 Košice, Slovak Republic.
Tel. 00421-95- 6423534. Fax. 00421-95-6428524.
 E-mail. mojzis@central.medic.upjs.sk

 

Teaching Curriculum

    September

  • Introduction and general principles. Historical backgrownd.
  • Pharmacokinetic basis of drug action. Passage of drugs across membranes. Drug absorption.

    • October

  • Distribution of drugs. Plasma protein binding. Volume of distribution.
  • Elimination of drugs. Biotransformation and excretion of drugs.
  • How drugs act: molecular aspects, drug receptor  interactions, second messengers.
  • Effects of age and disease on drug disposition. Genetic aspects of drug action.
  • Unwanted drug effects, allergy, drug abuse.

    • November

  • Chemical transmission and the autonomic nervous  system. Cholinergic transmission. Ganglionic blocking agents, myorelaxants.
  • Drugs affecting adrenergic nervous system.
  • Chemical transmission and drug action in the central nervous system. Antipsychotic drugs.
  • Antidepressants, antianxiety,  psychostimulants and psychodysleptics.

    • December

  • Drugs used in treating motor disorders: epilepsy, Parkinsonism, hypnotics. .
  • General and local anaesthetics.
  • Analgesic drugs.  Opioid analgesic drugs.
  • Nicotine, alcohols, cannabis

    • February

  • The drugs used in treating respiratory disorders
  • Treatment of gastric ulcer. Laxatives. Antidiarrhoeals.
  • Antianginal drugs and drugs used in treating dysrhytmias
  • Heart failure and cardiac glycosides

    • March

  • Antihypertensive drugs
  • Drugs affecting hemostasis. Antianemic drugs
  • Corticosteroids, estrogenes and androgenes - therapeutic uses
  • Antidiabetic drugs and drugs used in treating of lipid metabolism disorder
  • Basic principles of chemotherapy. Penicillins and cephalosporins

    • April

  • Broad spectrum antibiotics. Antibiotics used in dentistry
  • The drugs used in chemotherapy of neoplastic disease
  • Antivomiting drugs. Histamine and antihistaminics

    • May

  • Drug poisoning and antidotal therapy
  • The drugs used in dentistry