FARMACI AD USO VETERINARIO

Module MODULO 1: FARMACOLOGIA

The course aims to provide students with a basic understanding of the mechanisms of action, kinetic behavior, and metabolism of veterinary drugs. The risk/benefit ratio of pharmacological treatments and the various administration methods are also considered.

Knowledge and Understanding: The course aims to provide the pharmacological foundations needed to understand the therapeutic use of individual classes of veterinary drugs based on their mechanisms of action and pharmacokinetic principles.

Ability to Apply Knowledge and Understanding:

Upon completion of the course, in order to pass the exam, students will have acquired knowledge of:

• general concepts of pharmacokinetics;

• general concepts of pharmacodynamics;

• mechanism of action, pharmacokinetic profile, therapeutic indications, and side effects of the drugs listed in the program.

The teaching method is based on lectures supported by slides. If the course is taught in a blended or distance learning format, necessary changes may be made to the above-mentioned curriculum to ensure compliance with the established syllabus.

General and specialty pharmacology

MODULE 1: GENERAL PHARMACOLOGY (1 CFU)

Drug biotransformations, enzyme induction and inhibition. Mechanisms of drug elimination. Pharmacodynamics: drug-receptor interactions, mechanisms of drug action. Drug interactions: antagonism, synergism, antidote, pharmacokinetic interactions. Abnormal drug response: drug allergy, idiosyncrasy, drug tolerance. Principles of drug resistance and antibiotic resistance.

MODULE 2: SPECIAL PHARMACOLOGY (2 credits)

Drugs acting on the central nervous system. Depressants: Anesthetic-hypnotic-sedatives, narcotic analgesics, neuroleptics - major tranquilizers, minor tranquilizers - anxiolytics, presynaptic alpha-2-agonists, intravenous anesthetics. Excitant agents: Bulbar analeptics, xanthines. Local anesthetics. Drugs acting on the central nervous system: Cholinergic drugs, anticholinergic parasympatholytics, adrenergics, antiadrenergic drugs. Curatives. Chemoantibiotics: Beta-lactams, aminoglycosides, tetracyclines, phenicols, macrolides, lincosanides, tiamulin, polypeptides, rifamycins, sulfonamides, diaminopyrimidines, quinolones and fluoroquinolones, heterocyclic nitroderivatives. Anti-Inflammatory Drugs: Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs: Pharmacological Actions, Therapeutic Indications, Contraindications and Side Effects. Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs (NSAIDs): Mechanism of Action, Pharmacotherapeutic Properties. Autacoids: Prostaglandins, Antihistamines. Cardiac Drugs: Digitalis and Non-Digitalis Positive Inotropic Drugs, Vasodilators, Antiarrhythmics. Diuretics: Osmotic Diuretics, Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibitors, Thiazides, Loop Diuretics, Antikaliuretics. Rehydrating Solutions. Expectorants and Antitussives. Drugs Acting on the Digestive System: Emetics, Antiemetics, Gastric Antisecretory Agents, Purgatives, Ruminatives and Antitympanics. Anthelmintics: Drugs Acting on Nematodes, Tapeworms, and Trematodes. Ectocides. Antifungals: for systemic and topical use. Main characteristics and side effects of anticancer drugs.

The final exam is written. The questions will be open-ended. The answers will be graded based on the student's level of understanding.

The assessment may also be conducted online, if circumstances warrant.