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Sign up for the exam: Registration has to be done through the NEPTUN system for the
days set by the department until the number of limit.
How to modify the exam date: Through the NEPTUN system, as it allows
Justifying the exam absence: Medical certificate is accepted on the following three days
Textbook: B. G. Katzung: Basic and Clinical Pharmacology, 10th edition
PHARMACOLOGY AND PHARMACOTHERAPY
Second Semester
Lectures (2 hours) Practices (2 hours)
Code: AOFRMFRM_1,2,3_A
Curriculum:
Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapy (three semesters)
Topic of Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapy III (Year 4, 2012/2013, second semester):
Pharmacology of cardiovascular system – Drugs used in heart failure. Agents used in cardiac
arrhythmias. Antihypertensive agents. Vasodilators and antianginal agents. Drugs used in
peripheral vascular diseases. Agents used in hyperlipidemia. Diuretics and antidiuretics.
Clinical pharmacology of cardiovascular diseases – Hypertension, heart failure, ischemic heart
diseases, atherosclerosis, arrhythmias.
Pharmacology of drugs used to treat diseases of the blood – Drugs used in anemias. Drugs used in
disorders of coagulation.
Pharmacology of drugs used to treat diseases of the blood – Drugs used in bronchial asthma.
Cough suppressants. Expectorants. Mucolytic agents. Treatment strategy of bronchial asthma and
COPD.
Pharmacology of the gastrointestinal system – Agents improving digestion. Laxatives and
antidiarrheal agents. Emetics, antiemetics and prokinetic agents. Drugs affecting liver function.
Drugs affecting biliary function. Drugs used to treat inflammatory bowel disease. Treatment
strategy of peptic ulcer, gastroesophageal reflux disease and IBD
Immunpharmacology
Treatment strategy of rheumathoid arthritis
Clinical pharmacology of dibetes mellitus. Metabolic syndrome.
Toxicology
Absence: Maximum number of absences is 25 percent of the practices in the semester
Absence justification: Medical certificate is accepted
There are no obligatory midterms
SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY / FACULTY OF MEDICINE
Faculty of Medicine
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