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SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY / FACULTY OF MEDICINE
PHARMACOLOGY AND PHARMACOTHERAPY
Tutor: Dr. Júlia Tímár
First Semester
Lectures (1,5 hours) Practices (2,5 hours)
Code: AOFRMFRM_1,2,3_A
Total credits for the 3 semesters: 10
Curriculum:
Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapy (three semesters)
Topic of Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapy II (Year 4, 2012/2013, first semester):
Introduction to the neurotransmission
The autonomic nervous system – Pharmacology of adrenergic and cholinergic transmission.
Pharmacology of the central nervous system – Introduction to the pharmacology of CNS drugs.
General anesthetics. Drugs of abuse. Sedative-hypnotic and anxyolitic drugs. Antipsychotics.
Antidepressant and mood-stabilizing agents. Anorexigenic drugs. Nootropic drugs. Antiepileptics.
Centrally acting skeletal muscle relaxants (spasmolytics). Pharmacological management of
neurodegenerative disorders. Drugs used to treat migraine.
Clinical pharmacology of psychiatric and neurological diseases.
Pharmacology of peripheral nerves and muscles. – Local anesthetics. Skeletal muscle relaxants.
Drugs acting on the smooth muscle. Smooth muscle relaxants.
Pharmacology and clinical pharmacology of infections caused by living pathogens – Antiseptics.
Antimicrobial, antiviral, antifungal, antiprotozoal and anthelmintic agents.
Prescription writing.
Maximum number of absences is 25 percent of the practices in the semester
Absence justification: Medical certificate is accepted
There are no obligatory midterms
Semester requirements: The number of absences should not be more than 25 percent of the
practices in the semester.
Successful exam from the topic of the preceding pharmacological course
Written test: scores.
Final exam consists of three parts. The grade will be decided after the oral part of the exam, taken
into consideration the results of the preceding two parts (see below).
Exam types:
1st semester. Written test
2nd semester. Semi-final, oral
3rd semester. Final exam which consists of three parts. 1. Preceding exam from toxicology and
prescription writing. 2. Written test from clinical pharmacology. 3. Oral exam.