Course description

Pharmacotherapy (Clinical pharmacology) is the clinical discipline devoted to the optimal use of drugs in veterinary patients, maximizing their prophylactic or therapeutic benefits while ensuring that the adverse consequences of drug use are minimized. Knowledge of the pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic properties of drugs and their toxic effects is inherent in this discipline.

 

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Lectures theme

Pharmacotherapy Elective Course

2024/2025 academic year, spring semester

Topics and dates of lectures

Week of semester	Date	Topics
4	25-02-2025	Drug management Clinical pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics Control of CNS activity, epilepsy Anaesthesia
5	04-03-2025	Pain management Pharmacotherapy of anti-inflammatory and anti-allergy drugs.
6	11-03-2025	Pharmacotherapy of the major body organ systems (circulatory, respiratory, urinary, digestive, hormone)
7	18-03-2025	Pharmacotherapy of bacterial and fungal diseases – Skin, respiratory tract, gastrointestinal infections – Urinary tract, prostate infections, mastitis, and metritis – Meningitis and meningoencephalitis
8	25-03-2025	Pharmacotherapy of parasitic diseases (antiprotozoals, anthelmintics and ectoparasiticides)
Time will be determined latter		Written examination (via Moodle)

 

Lectures start at 4.15 pm on Tuesdays. Duration 3×45 min. per occasion

Location of the lectures: Zlamál lecture hall

 

Budapest, 31-01-2025

György Csikó, associate professor

representative of the elective course

 

Practical lessons theme

There is no practical lecture in the course.

Evaluation description

Requirements:

– Attendance on lectures is obligatory, however student may miss 1 or 2 lecture days if it is indicated (e.g. illness, other official, study-related program).

– There is a written (online) examination at the end of course. The dates of the exams will be determined in consultation with the students. When retake or postpone of examination is necessary, the general education rules of the campus should be considered.

 

Budapest, 31-01-2025

György Csikó, associate professor

representative of the elective course

Exam information

Written examination (via Moodle).

Exam dates will be given after consultation with students.

 

Budapest, 31-01-2025

György Csikó, associate professor

representative of the elective course