Rehabilitation from surgery, traumatic, vascular or neurologic events il always flanked by proper pharmacological therapies (antinflammatory, analgesic, anticoagulant…etc). The capability to correctly adjust a pharmacotherapy in accordance with patient physiopathology (age, gender, personal and familial history of disease…etc) represents a necessary skill for physiotherapists
The course of pharmacology is aimed to define the role of pharmacotherapy in rehabilitation pathways, with particular focus on how therapy must fit with patient’s physio-pathology.
The course of pharmacology is designed to teach that conscious use of drugs in physioterapy is a relevant issue that must consider, beyond symptomatology, other characterirtiic included, age, gender, concomitant pathologies and therapies, disease hystory of diseases…….etc). The course is composed by two sections: the first deal in particular, with pharmacokinetic showing that the interaction between drugs and the body can significantly varyaccording with personal physiological and pathological parameters. The second part illustrates those classes of drugs that more frequently help a patient during its rehabilitation (therapy of inflammation, pain, etc). The abuse of drugs in sport for doping purposes, will be also addressed, focusing on severe side effects (acute and delayed). use in sport doping
The teaching of pharmacology is made by frontal lessons
General pharmacology:
Pharmacology for cathegories.
The text which is best recommended to integrate the topics that have been addressed in lectures is the following:
"Lippincott's illustrated reviews: Pharmacology", Authors: Michelle A. Clark, Richard Finkel, Jose A. Rey, Karen Whalen. EDS. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Ricevimento: Students may want to contact Prof, Thellung at the following: Viale Benedetto XV, 2 ground floor Phone 010 3538884, cell 3291484399 email stefano.thellung@unige.it
BARBARA MARENGO (President)
LUIGI ROBBIANO (President)
CRISTINA BOTTINO
ALESSANDRO CORSARO
ROBERTO FIOCCA
CARMEN FUCILE
ANNA LISA FURFARO
FEDERICA GRILLO
LUCA MASTRACCI
DONATELLA MELA
MARIAPAOLA NITTI
STEFANO THELLUNG DE COURTELARY
CHIARA VITALE
Lessons start in october
The exam of pharmacology is represented by an interview
It will be evaluated the capability of the student to place a given pharmacological class within a therapy, in which pharmacotherapy must be adjusted according yoth physiological and pathological characteristics of patients.
