General Therapeutics

Code:

439

Acronym:

439

Instance: 2004/2005 - A

Active?	Yes
Course/CS Responsible:

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MD	44	Plano oficial a partir de 2000	4	2	3	-

Objectives

-To make the students acquainted with clinical pharmacology techniques to enable them to assess the efficiency and safety of medicines.
-To provide knowledge on the range of medicines used to cure cardiovascular, infectious, inflammatory, respiratory, gastro-intestinal and psychiatric diseases regarding choice criteria, interactions, risks and side effects.
-Features of the use of medicines to treat specific groups – pregnant women, elderly people, children and patients suffering from renal dyspnea or hepatic crisis.

Program

Introduction to the course unit; Clinical Essay, Clinical pharmacology; Drug iatrogeny; Broncho-dilating and anti-asthmatic therapy and Corticosteroids; Diuretics; Antihypertensors; Medicines used to treat cardiac insufficiency and medicines; Pain treatment; Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and analgesics. Prevention of side effects; Anticoagulants and platelet antiaggregants; Pharmaceuticals and Medicines in drug addicts; Introduction to Psychopharmacology. Tranquillizers, antidepressants; General principles on antibiotherapy; Beta-lactamic antibiotics; macrolides; Tetracyclins and chloramphenicol and aminoglicosides; Antibiotherapy applied to dentistry; Prophylaxis of bacterial endocarditis; Prescription of drugs to pregnant women and to the elderly.

Main Bibliography

-Basic and Clinical Pharmacology – Katzung
-Integrated Pharmacology – Page et al
-Terapêutica medicamentosa e suas bases farmacológicas – j. Garret, W. Osswald

Teaching methods and learning activities

Theoretical/practical and practical classes.

Evaluation Type

Evaluation with final exam

Observations

Teaching staff:

Professor Dr. Jorge Polónia

Dr. Maria de Lurdes Pereira