This course of pharmacology is designed to form qualified personnel (gymnastic teachers, athletic trainers, experts of rehabilitation....etc.), capable to dispense physical activity recognizing the most relevant features (indications and contraindications, side effects...etc) of pharmacologic therapies for those pathologies that are most commonly associated with sports activity. To this aim, the first part of the course examines the dinamics of interaction of drugs with human body, and the mechanisms through which drugs induces therapeutic modification of the diseases. The second part of the course is aimed to examine the most important drug cathegories that can be used in sport population, focusing on those that target sports-related pathologies. The course will detail the pharmacologincal control of inflammation and pain, and the treatment of respiratory tract diseases. Last but not least, the course examines those drugs that, beyond their therapeutic usefulness, are abused in the absence of therapeutic needs, with the purpose of alterate physical performances of athletes. Such unnecessary and often overdosing treatments, expose athletes at high risk to suffer significant side effects or develop late-onset diseases that can severely endanger their health in post-agonistic life.
The teaching of pharmacology will be held at Unige Campus in Savona as front lessons.
During lessons, the comprehension of the addressed topics will be helped by ppt slideshows. Importantly, slideshow content cannot be considered exhaustive of the topics and the presence in the class is mandatory.
Students with documented Specific Learning Disorders (SLD), or with any special needs, shall reach out to the Lecturer(s) and to the dedicated SLD Representative in the Department before class begins, in order to arrange the specific teaching methods and ensure proper achievement of the learning aims and outcomes.
Overview on pharmacology
Farmacokinetics
Farmacodynamics:
Pharmacology for cathegories
The text which is best recommended to integrate the topics that have been addressed in lectures is the following:
M.A. Clark, R. Finkel, J.A. Rey, K. Whalen - Lippincott's illustrated reviews: Pharmacology. EDS. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
On Unige Aulaweb the slides that have been used for the lessons will be available as PDF files: 2023.aulaweb.unige.it/course/view.php?id=1004
Ricevimento: Meetings will students will be held at ex inst. of Pharmacology Viale Benedetto XV, 2. Genova, ground floor Phone +39 0103538884. . email: stefano.thellung@unige.it .
SERGIO AGOSTI
CRISTIANO NOVELLI
ANNA MARIA RICCIO
STEFANO THELLUNG DE COURTELARY (President and Coordinator of Integrated Course)
MARA BOSCHETTI (President Substitute)
The lessons will start in March at University Campus of Savona.
PHARMACOLOGY
Exames will be performed as interviews in the classroom.
Student's knowledge of therapeutical indication and side effects of the most common sport-related drugs will be evaluated. Particular importance will be given to over-the-counter drugs whose use must take into consideration athletes physiology-pahtology characters (age, gender, concomitant drug therapies and personal or familiar disease hystory).
Student's ability to acknowledge pharmacodynamic interactions of drugs with metabolic, hormonal, and neurotransmettitorial balance in patients indicates their development of a proper attitude toward the use of drugs in sport-related pathologies and is worth of maximal evaluation.
