Syllabus (topics for the final test)

1. Pharmacodynamics – receptor and non-receptor mechanisms of drug action, agonists, antagonists, affinity, efficacy

2. Pharmacokinetics – rout of drug administration, ADME – absorption, distribution, metabolism, excretion

3. Drug complications – adverse effects, repeated drug administration, drug interactions (with other drugs, food)

4. Sympathetic agonists and blockers

5. Parasympathetic agonists and antagonists

6. Peripheral and central myorelaxants

7. Pharmacotherapy of hypertension

8. Pharmacotherapy of angina pectoris, hypolipidemics

9. Drugs affecting CNS – hypnotics, sedatives, anxiolytics

10. Drugs affecting CNS – antidepressants, antipsychotics, psychostimulants

11. Drugs affecting CNS – antiseizure drugs, antiparkinsonics

12. Non-steroidal antiinflammatory drugs

13. Antirheumatics

14. Pain killers – opioids, paracetamol

15. Male sex hormones, anabolic steroids, abuse by sportsmen

16. Female sex hormones, Hormonal contraception

17. Antidiabetics

18. Glucocorticoids

19. Agents for prevention and treatment of osteoporosis

20. General characteristics and use of local antimicrobials

21. Respiratory drugs – symptomatic pharmacotherapy of cold, antiastmatics

22. Obesity and metabolic syndrome pharmacotherapy