aZLFA0621p – Pharmacology I lecture

                                             Dentistry

                                       Spring semester 2024



28. 2. 2024
1. Historical aspects of pharmacology. Pharmacology - definitions, terminology, subspecializations.
The active substance, pharmacon - drug. Effective pharmacotherapy.

6. 3. 2024
2. Pharmacodynamics. Mechanisms of drug action, non-specific, specific. Receptor and binding sites
subtypes, their function.

13. 3. 2024
3. Drug delivery approaches. Classification of administration routes. Factors related to
administration route selection. Characteristic of administration routes. Innovative administration
routes.

20. 3. 2024
4. Pharmacokinetics. Drug absorption, distribution, metabolism and elimination. Changes of drug
effects after the repeated administration.
27. 3. 2024
5. General principles of poisoning management. Specific antidotes in poisoning therapy. General
principles of drug addiction.

3. 4. 2024
6. Drug addiction to the individual substances.
10. 4. 2024
7. Factors affecting drug effects. Influence of accompanying diseases on drugs effects.


17. 4. 2024
8. Glucocorticoids. Natural and synthetic corticosteroids, steroid receptor, mechanism of action,
pharmacological use and side effects.

Immunomodulatory agents.

Treatment of hyper/hypothyroidism.