Basics of Pharmacology - PFYZ005C

• Title: Basics of Pharmacology
• Guaranteed by: Department of Physiotherapy (51-300400)
• Faculty: Faculty of Physical Education and Sport
• Actual: from 2023
• Semester: winter
• Points: 0
• E-Credits: 1
• Examination process: winter s.:
• Hours per week, examination: winter s.:1/0, MC [HT]
• Extent per academic year: 14 [hours]
• Capacity: 16 / unknown (16)
• Min. number of students: unlimited
• 4EU+: no
• Virtual mobility / capacity: no
• State of the course: taught
• Language: English
• Teaching methods: full-time
• Note: deregister from the exam date if a requisite was not fulfilled; course can be enrolled in outside the study plan; enabled for web enrollment; priority enrollment if the course is part of the study plan
• Guarantor: MUDr. Nikolina Canová, Ph.D.
• Teacher(s): Mahak Arora, M. Pharm, Ph.D.; MUDr. Nikolina Canová, Ph.D.
• Classification: Sport and Physical Education > Rehabilitation
• In complex incompatibility with: PFYZ219C

Annotation

The aim of the course is to give a basic overview of current pharmacology. Students are introduced to the basic concepts of the field and get a basic knowledge of special pharmacology. The main emphasis is placed on the pharmacotherapy of the locomotive organs, which physiotherapists commonly encounter in their practice.

Last update: Vomáčková Helena, PhDr. Mgr., Ph.D. (19.08.2019)

Aim of the course

Learning Outcomes:

The aim of the course is to provide students with the knowledge, skills and general competencies so that after the completion of the course the students:

• are acquainted with the characteristics of the basic group of drugs and medicines used in medicine

• are acquainted with the pharmacological effects of commonly used drugs in patients encountered in the practice of a physiotherapist, as well as side effects, indications and contraindications

Last update: Vomáčková Helena, PhDr. Mgr., Ph.D. (19.09.2020)

Literature

LÜLLMANN, H., MOHR, K. HEIN, L. Color Atlas of Pharmacology 5th Edition, 2018, Georg Thieme Verlag.

REZNIK, J., KEREN, O., MORRIS J., BIRAN, I. Pharmacology - Handbook for physiotherapists. 2017 Elsevier Australia. pp. 347

Last update: Vomáčková Helena, PhDr. Mgr., Ph.D. (08.10.2019)

Requirements to the exam

Classified Credit Requirements:

- participation in lectures and seminars
- written test

Last update: Vomáčková Helena, PhDr. Mgr., Ph.D. (07.08.2023)

Syllabus

Syllabus (topics for the final test)

1. Pharmacodynamics – receptor and non-receptor mechanisms of drug action, agonists, antagonists, affinity, efficacy

2. Pharmacokinetics – rout of drug administration, ADME – absorption, distribution, metabolism, excretion

3. Drug complications – adverse effects, repeated drug administration, drug interactions (with other drugs, food)

4. Sympathetic agonists and blockers

5. Parasympathetic agonists and antagonists

6. Peripheral and central myorelaxants

7. Pharmacotherapy of hypertension

8. Pharmacotherapy of angina pectoris, hypolipidemics

9. Drugs affecting CNS – hypnotics, sedatives, anxiolytics

10. Drugs affecting CNS – antidepressants, antipsychotics, psychostimulants

11. Drugs affecting CNS – antiseizure drugs, antiparkinsonics

12. Non-steroidal antiinflammatory drugs

13. Antirheumatics

14. Pain killers – opioids, paracetamol

15. Male sex hormones, anabolic steroids, abuse by sportsmen

16. Female sex hormones, Hormonal contraception

17. Antidiabetics

18. Glucocorticoids

19. Agents for prevention and treatment of osteoporosis

20. General characteristics and use of local antimicrobials

21. Respiratory drugs – symptomatic pharmacotherapy of cold, antiastmatics

22. Obesity and metabolic syndrome pharmacotherapy

Last update: Vomáčková Helena, PhDr. Mgr., Ph.D. (08.08.2023)

Learning resources

Study Aids: Moodle 2: https://dl2.cuni.cz/course/view.php?id=5146

Last update: Vomáčková Helena, PhDr. Mgr., Ph.D. (08.08.2023)