VLFA08222p - Pharmacology II lecture

                                         General medicine

                                       Spring semester 2019

19. 2. 2019
1. INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY, ANTIPSYCHOTICS, ANTIPARKINSONICS
Lecture content: History and classification of psychotropic substances. Antipsychotics,
antiparkinsonics – basic pharmacological review.
26. 2. 2019
2. ANXIOLYTICS, HYPNOSEDATIVES, ANTICONVULSANTS
Lecture content: Anxiolytics, hypnosedatives, anticonvulsants - basic pharmacological review. The
possibilities of modulation of GABAergic neurotransmission.
5. 3. 2019
3. ANTIDEPRESSANTS
Lecture content: Pharmacological review of antidepressants and their clinical use.
12. 3. 2019
4. DRUGS OF DISEASES WITH CHRONIC PULMONARY OBSTRUCTION, H[ 1]-ANTIHISTAMINES.
Lecture content: Effects of histamine and how to antagonize it. Classification of H[ 1]
antihistamines. Pharmacological review of drugs used in the therapy of diseases with chronic
pulmonary obstruction.
19. 3. 2019
5. ANTIANGIAL DRUGS
Lecture content: Pharmacological review of drugs used in the treatment of both acute and chronic
ischemic heart disease.
26. 3. 2019
6. ANTIHYPERTENSIVES
Lecture content: Pharmacological review of antihypertensives with special focus on drugs
interfering with RAAS and diuretics. Second-line antihypertensives.
2. 4. 2019

7. DRUGS OF HEART FAILURE, ANTIARRHYTHMICS
Lecture content: Review of drugs used in the therapy of acute and chronic heart failure,
Pharmacological review of antiarrhytmics.
9. 4. 2019
8. DRUGS INFLUENCING HEMOSTASIS
Lecture content: Pharmacological review of anticoagulants, antiplatelets, fibrinolytics, and
hemostatics.



16. 4. 2019
9. ANTI-INFECTIVES I - ANTIBIOTICS
Lecture content: Introduction/principles of ATB therapy, modes of resistance, pharmacological
review of single groups of ATBs.
23. 4. 2019
10. ANTI-INFECTIVES II – ANTIMYCOTICS AND ANTIVIRALS
Lecture content: Systemic and local antimycotics; antiherpetics; pharmacotherapy of influenza;
antiretrovirals; therapy of RSV and viral hepatitis – pharmacological review.
30. 4. 2019
11. PHARMACOLOGY OF GIT – ULCER DISEASE, ANTIEMETICS, ANTIDIARRHEALS AND LAXATIVES
Lecture content: Pharmacological review of drugs acting on GIT.
7. 5. 2019
12. CYTOSTATICS AND TARGETED THERAPY IN ONCOLOGY
Lecture content: Introduction. Classification of cytostatics according to their mechanisms of
action. Mechanisms of resistance to anticancer drugs. Role of single nucleotide polymorphisms
(SNPs) and TDM in oncology. Basic pharmacological properties of selected cytostatics. Principles of
targeted therapy in oncology. Monoclonal antibodies. Protein kinase inhibitors. Targeted
immunotherapy.
14. 5. 2019
13. THERAPY OF INTOXICATIONS
Lecture content: Review of most common intoxications and their symptomatology.. General principles
of poisoning management. Specific antidotes in poisoning therapy.
21. 5. 2019
14. DRUG-DRUG INTERACTIONS
Lecture content: Classification of drug-drug interaction, evaluation of clinical relevance and
seriousness oc drug interactions, management of drug interactions, possibilities of drug
interactions monitoring, case-reports.
28. 5. 2019
15. PHYTOPHARMACOLOGY AND PHARMACOGNOSY
Lecture content: Natural sources of medicines, selected groups of herbal active components, herbal
preparations. The most common herbal poisons.